  The shear viscosity of hot nuclear matter is investigated by using the mean
free path method within the framework of IQMD model. Finite size nuclear
sources at different density and temperature are initialized based on the
Fermi-Dirac distribution. The results show that shear viscosity to entropy
density ratio decreases with the increase of temperature and tends toward a
constant value for $\rho\sim\rho_0$, which is consistent with the previous
studies on nuclear matter formed during heavy-ion collisions. At
$\rho\sim\frac{1}{2}\rho_0$, a minimum of $\eta/s$ is seen at around $T=10$ MeV
and a maximum of the multiplicity of intermediate mass fragment
($M_{\text{IMF}}$) is also observed at the same temperature which is an
indication of the liquid-gas phase transition.

Nuclear Theory;Nuclear Experiment