Hadronic signature of critical behavior and final state randomization

Hadronic observables are examined in search for signatures of critical beha vior in quark-hadron phase transition. The 2D Ising model is used to simula te hadronic cluster formation on the surface of the expanding cylinder in a heavy-ion collision. Two measures involving the fluctuations of the produc ed hadrons in bins of various sizes are investigated. They are found to exh ibit the canonical power-law behavior near the critical temperature. Final- state randomization is found not to have significant effect on the critical exponents.