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The nuclear symmetry energy plays a role in determining both the nuclear properties of terrestrial matter as well as the astrophysical properties of neutron stars. The first measurement of the neutron star tidal deformability, from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Carolyn A. Raithel , Feryal Ozel

We calculate the momentum dependence of the $\rho$-meson selfenergy based on the dispersion relation for the $\rho N$ scattering amplitude $f(\omega$) at low nuclear density. The imaginary part of $f(\omega)$ is determined from the optical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 L. A. Kondratyuk , A. Sibirtsev , W. Cassing , Ye. S. Golubeva , M. Effenberger

The effective chiral model is extended by introducing the contributions from the cross-couplings between isovector and isoscalar mesons. These cross-couplings are found to be instrumental in improving the density content of the nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-09-08 Tuhin Malik , Kinjal Banerjee , T. K. Jha , B. K. Agrawal

Neutron-proton elliptic flow difference and ratio have been shown to be promising observables in the attempt to constrain the density dependence of the symmetry energy above the saturation point from heavy-ion collision data. Their…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-02-06 M. D. Cozma , Y. Leifels , W. Trautmann , Q. Li , P. Russotto

Based on the distribution of tidal deformabilities and component masses of binary neutron star merger GW170817, the parametric equation of states (EOS) are employed to probe the nuclear symmetry energy and the properties of neutron star. To…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-22 Yuxi Li , Houyuan Chen , Dehua Wen , Jing Zhang

Based on systematic analyses of several popular non-relativistic energy density functionals with mean-field approximation, we estimate the value of the fourth-order symmetry energy $E_{\text{sym,4}}(\rho)$ at nuclear normal density $\rho_0$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-11-22 Jie Pu , Zhen Zhang , Lie-Wen Chen

The sensitivity of nuclear symmetry energy elements at the saturation density to the binding energies of ultra neutron-rich nuclei (neutron to proton ratio $\sim$ 2) and the maximum mass of neutron star is explored within a relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-06-03 C. Mondal , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar

The radius $R_{1.4}$ of neutron stars (NSs) with a mass of 1.4 M$_{\odot}$ has been extracted consistently in many recent studies in the literature. Using representative $R_{1.4}$ data, we infer high-density nuclear symmetry energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-04 Wen-Jie Xie , Bao-An Li

Using the relativistic impulse approximation with the Love-Franey \textsl{NN} scattering amplitude developed by Murdock and Horowitz, we investigate the low-energy (100 MeV$\leq E_{\mathrm{kin}}\leq 400$ MeV) behavior of the nucleon Dirac…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Zeng-Hua Li , Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Bao-An Li , Hong-Ru Ma

The symmetry energy and its density dependence are crucial inputs for many nuclear physics and astrophysics applications, as they determine properties ranging from the neutron-skin thickness of nuclei to the crust thickness and the radius…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-05 Reed Essick , Ingo Tews , Philippe Landry , Achim Schwenk

We investigate the nuclear symmetry energy and neutron star properties using a Bayesian analysis based on constraints from different chiral effective field theory calculations using new energy density functionals that allow for large…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-12 Yeunhwan Lim , Achim Schwenk

The liquid-gas phase transition in hot asymmetric nuclear matter is investigated within relativistic mean-field model using the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy constrained from the measured neutron skin thickness of finite…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Bharat K. Sharma , Subrata Pal

The nuclear symmetry energy plays a key role in determining the equation of state of dense, neutron-rich matter, which governs the properties of both terrestrial nuclear matter as well as astrophysical neutron stars. A recent measurement of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Elias R. Most , Carolyn A. Raithel

Extrapolations from nuclei to neutron stars hinge on the symmetry term in nuclear binding formulas. The term describes reduction in the binding associated with neutron-proton (np) imbalance. Regrettably, binding formulas in the literature…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Pawel Danielewicz

To exactly answer which density region that some frequently used symmetry-energy-sensitive observables probe, for the first time, we make a study of decomposition of the sensitivity of some symmetry-energy-sensitive observables. It is found…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-15 He-Lei Liu , Gao-Chan Yong , De-Hua Wen

A correlation between the charge radii difference of mirror partner nuclei $\Delta{R_{\mathrm{ch}}}$ and the slope parameter $L$ of symmetry energy has been built to ascertain the equation of state of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. In…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-04 Xiao-Rong Ma , Shuai Sun , Rong An , Li-Gang Cao

A finite range density and momentum dependent effective interaction is used to calculate the density and temperature dependence of the symmetry energy coefficient Csym(rho,T) of infinite nuclear matter. This symmetry energy is then used in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. K. Samaddar , J. N. De , X. Vinas , M. Centelles

We discuss, in an investigation based on Vlasov equation, the properties of the isovector modes in nuclear matter and atomic nuclei in relation with the symmetry energy. We obtain numerically the dipole response and determine the strength…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 V. Baran , M. Colonna , M. Di Toro , B. Frecus , A. Croitoru , D. Dumitru

Motivated by the historical detection of gravitational waves from GW170817, the neutron star and the neutron drop, i.e., a certain number of neutrons confined in an external field, are systematically investigated by ab initio calculations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-18 Hui Tong , Peng-Wei Zhao , Jie Meng

The symmetry energy is an important quantity in the equation of state of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. This currently unknown quantity is key to understanding the structure of systems as diverse as the neutron-rich nuclei and neutron…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 S. J. Yennello , D. V. Shetty , G. A. Souliotis