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The density dependence of the symmetry energy in the equation of state of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter is of significant importance for studying the structure of systems as diverse as the neutron-rich nuclei and the neutron stars. A…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 D. V. Shetty , S. J. Yennello , G. A. Souliotis

Using the relativistic impulse approximation with empirical NN scattering amplitude and the nuclear scalar and vector densities from the relativistic mean-field theory, we evaluate the Dirac optical potential for neutrons and protons in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Bao-An Li

The charged pion multiplicity ratio in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions, a probe of the density dependence of symmetry energy above the saturation point, has been proven in a previous study to be extremely sensitive to the strength…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 M. D. Cozma

Binding energy of symmetric nuclear matter can be accessed straightforwardly with the textbook mass-formula and a sample of nuclear masses. We show that, with a minimally modified formula (along the lines of the droplet model), the symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Danielewicz

Symmetry energy for asymmetric nuclear matter at subsaturation densitieswas investigated in the framework of an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model.Asingle ratio of neutrons and protons is comparedwith the experimental data…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-11-18 Sanjeev Kumar , Y. G. Ma , G. Q. Zhang , C. L. Zhou

Precise knowledge of the nuclear symmetry energy can be tentatively calibrated through multimessenger constraints. The neutron skin thickness of a heavy nucleus is one of the most sensitive indicators for probing the isovector components of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-11 Rong An , Shuai Sun , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

The neutron skin thickness $\Delta r_{\rm{np}}$ of heavy nuclei is essentially determined by the symmetry energy density slope $L({\rho })$ at $\rho_c = 0.11~{\rm {fm}^{-3}}\approx 2/3\rho_0$ ($\rho_0$ is nuclear saturation density),…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-13 Tong-Gang Yue , Lie-Wen Chen , Zhen Zhang , Ying Zhou

We examine critically how tightly the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy \esym is constrained by the universal equation of state (EOS) of the unitary Fermi gas $E_{\rm{UG}}(\rho)$ considering currently known uncertainties of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-01-10 Nai-Bo Zhang , Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , William G. Newton , Jun Xu

Efficiency corrected single ratios of neutron and proton spectra in central $^{112}$Sn+$^{112}$Sn and $^{124}$Sn+$^{124}$Sn collisions at 120 MeV/u are combined with double ratios to provide constraints on the density and momentum…

Mass and isospin dependence of symmetry energy coefficients $a_{sym}$ of finite nuclei is investigated with the measured nuclear masses incorporating the liquid drop mass formula. The enhanced $a_{sym}$ for nearly symmetric nuclei are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-28 Ning Wang , Min Liu

Using various relativistic mean-field models, including the nonlinear ones with meson field self-interactions, those with density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings, and the point-coupling models without meson fields, we have studied the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Bao-An Li

Based on microscopic Hartree-Fock + random phase approximation calculations with Skyrme interactions, we study the correlations between the nuclear breathing mode energy $E_{ISGMR}$ and properties of asymmetric nuclear matter with a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-27 Lie-Wen Chen , Jian-Zhong Gu

The information on the symmetry energy and its density dependence is deduced by comparing the available data on the electric dipole polarizability $\alpha_D$ of ${}^{68}$Ni, ${}^{120}$Sn, and ${}^{208}$Pb with the predictions of the Random…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-10 X. Roca-Maza , X. Viñas , M. Centelles , B. K. Agrawal , G. Colo' , N. Paar , J. Piekarewicz , D. Vretenar

The model dependence and the symmetry energy dependence of the core-crust transition properties for the neutron stars are studied using three different families of systematically varied extended relativistic mean field model. Several forces…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 A. Sulaksono , Naosad Alam , B. K. Agrawal

We perform a systematic analysis of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy within the microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock (BHF) approach using the realistic Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon potential plus a phenomenological three…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-02 Isaac Vidana , Constanca Providencia , Artur Polls , Arnau Rios

We explore the impact of neutron-rich nuclei masses on the symmetry energy properties using the mass table evaluated by the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) model. First, using the semi-empirical mass…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-12 Seonghyun Kim , Dukjae Jang , Soonchul Choi , Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun

We investigate the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy $S(\rho ) $ in the KIDS (Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU) framework for the nuclear equation of state (EoS) and energy-density functional (EDF). The aim is to constrain the value of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-09 Hana Gil , Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Chang Ho Hyun

In this contribution I discuss the nuclear symmetry energy in the regime of hadronic degrees of freedom. The density dependence of the symmetry energy is important from very low densities in supernova explosions, to the structure of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Hermann Wolter

The nuclear symmetry energy characterizes the variation of the binding energy as the neutron to proton ratio of a nuclear system is varied. This is one of the most important features of nuclear physics in general, since it is just related…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-31 M. Baldo , G. F. Burgio

The equation of state (EoS) of asymmetric nuclear matter at high densities is a key topic for the description of matter inside neutron stars. The determination of the properties of asymmetric nuclear matter, such as the symmetry energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-14 R. O. Gomes , V. Dexheimer , S. Schramm , C. A. Z. Vascconcellos