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Based on a general approach to binary systems we show that in the low density region asymmetric nuclear matter (ANM) is unstable only against isoscalarlike fluctuations. The physical meaning of the thermodynamical chemical and mechanical…

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To understand the role of isospin effects on fragmentation due to the collisions of charge asymmetric nuclei, we have performed a complete systematical study using isospin dependent quantum molecular dynamics model. Here simulations have…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Anupriya Jain , Suneel Kumar

Nucleon-nucleon (NN) cross sections are evaluated in neutron-rich matter using a scaling model according to nucleon effective masses. It is found that the in-medium NN cross sections are not only reduced but also have a different isospin…

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

The symmetry energy at sub and supra-saturation densities has a great importance in understanding the exact nature of asymmetric nuclear matter as well as neutron star, but, it is poor known, especially at supra-saturation densities. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-02 S. Kumar , Y. G. Ma , G. Q. Zhang , C. L. Zhou

Isospin symmetry of atomic nuclei is explicitly broken by the charge-dependent interactions, primarily the Coulomb force. Within the nuclear density functional theory, isospin is also broken spontaneously. We propose a projection scheme…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-10-26 W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , W. Nazarewicz , M. Rafalski

We use the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model with a momentum-dependent nuclear mean field to simulate the dynamical evolution of heavy ion collisions. We re-examine the azimuthal anisotropy observable, proposed as sensitive to the equation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Jianming Zhang , Charles Gale

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…

Nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) induce a high momentum tail (HMT) in the single-nucleon momentum distribution function $n_{\v{k}}^J(\rho,\delta)$ in cold neutron-rich matter. While there are clear experimental evidences that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-10-21 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li

Nucleon self-energies and interaction potentials in supernova (SN) matter, which are known to have an important effect on nucleosynthesis conditions in SN ejecta are investigated. Corresponding weak charged-current interaction rates with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-22 Matthias Hempel

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

We review recent results concerning collective excitations in neutron-rich systems and reactions between charge asymmetric systems at Fermi energies. Solving numerically self-consistent transport equations for neutrons and protons with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Colonna , V. Baran , M. Di Toro , B. Frecus , Y. X. Zhang

The experimental and theoretical studies of Giant Resonances, or more generally of the nuclear collective vibrations, are a well established domain in which sophisticated techniques have been introduced and firm conclusions reached after an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-02-25 G. Colò , U. Garg , H. Sagawa

The $\pi^-/\pi^+$ ratio is examined as a function of isospin asymmetry and beam energy for central collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei within an isospin-dependent hadronic transport model. The $\pi^-/\pi^+$ ratio is found to increase…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Bao-An Li

Heavy-ion collisions provide a versatile terrestrial probe of the nuclear equation of state through the formation of nuclear matter at a wide variety of temperatures, densities, and pressures. Direct and indirect approaches for constraining…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-18 Z. Kohley , S. J. Yennello

The antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) simulations suggest that the isospin composition of fragments produced dynamically in multifragmentation reactions is basically governed by the symmetry energy of low-density uniform nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Akira Ono

We study the isospin dynamics in fragment formation within the framework of an analytical model based on the spinodal decomposition scenario. We calculate the probability to obtain fragments with given charge and neutron number, focussing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Colonna , F. Matera

With ongoing advancements in nuclear theory and experimentation, together with a growing body of neutron star (NS) observations, a wealth of information on the equation of state (EOS) for matter at extreme densities has become accessible.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-18 Bhaskar Biswas , Stephan Rosswog

The symmetry energy and the isoscaling properties of the fragments produced in the multifragmentation of $^{40}$Ar, $^{40}$Ca + $^{58}$Fe, $^{58}$Ni reactions at 25 - 53 MeV/nucleon were investigated within the framework of statistical…

The LIGO-Virgo collaboration detection of the binary neutron-star merger event, GW170817, has expanded efforts to understand the Equation of State (EoS) of nuclear matter. These measurements provide new constraints on the overall pressure,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-07-24 M. B. Tsang , W. G. Lynch , P. Danielewicz , C. Y. Tsang

The equation of state (EOS) of infinite nuclear matter with a small proton/neutron fraction is a crucial input to determine the properties of neutron stars and compare model predictions to astronomical observations. The so-called `symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 C. A. Bertulani , J. Valencia