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The symmetry energy describes how the energy of nuclear matter rises as one goes away from equal numbers of neutrons and protons. This is very important to describe neutron rich matter in astrophysics. This article reviews our knowledge of…

We summarize the current status on constraining the density dependence of the symmetry energy from terrestrial laboratory measurements and astrophysical observations. While the value $E_{sym}({\rho_{0}})$ and density slope $L$ of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-13 Lie-Wen Chen

Significant progress has been made in recent years in constraining the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy using terrestrial nuclear laboratory data. Around and below the nuclear matter saturation density, the experimental…

The functional form of the nuclear symmetry energy has only been determined in a very narrow range of densities. Uncertainties concern both the low as well as the high density behaviour of this function. In this work different shapes of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-19 David Edwin Alvarez-Castillo , Sebastian Kubis

The symmetry energy of nuclear matter is a fundamental ingredient in the investigation of exotic nuclei, heavy-ion collisions and astrophysical phenomena. A recently developed quantum statistical (QS) approach that takes the formation of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-18 K. Hagel , J. B. Natowitz , G. Röpke

The nuclear symmetry energy determines the birth of neutron stars and the elementary nucleosynthesis in the universe. To constrain the nuclear symmetry energy, besides the studies in astrophysics, many terrestrial nuclear experiments are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-04-20 Gao-Chan Yong

We explore the systematics of the density dependence of nuclear matter symmetry energy in the ambit of microscopic calculations with various energy density functionals, and find that the symmetry energy from subsaturation density to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-07-02 Lie-Wen Chen

The symmetry energy contribution to the nuclear Equation of State (EoS) impacts various phenomena in nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, and nuclear reactions. Its determination is a key objective of contemporary nuclear physics with…

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

The density dependence of the symmetry energy in the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter (N/Z $>$ 1) is important for understanding the structure of systems as diverse as the atomic nuclei and neutron stars. Due to a proper lack…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 D. V. Shetty , S. J. Yennello , G. A. Souliotis

In the framework of an equation of state (EoS) constructed from a momentum and density-dependent finite-range two-body effective interaction, the quantitative magnitudes of the different symmetry elements of infinite nuclear matter are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 B. K. Agrawal , S. K. Samaddar , J. N. De , C. Mondal , Subhranil De

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

A study of the correlation between nuclear temperatures and symmetry energy is presented for heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies via the isospin-dependent quantum molecular-dynamics model. It is found that different symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-08-10 Fan Zhang , Kai-Lei Wang , Li-Ding Jin , Hui-Xiao Duan , Cheng Li

Constraints on the Equation of State for symmetric matter (equal neutron and proton numbers) have been extracted from energetic collisions of heavy ions over a range of energies. Collisions of neutron-deficient and neutron-rich heavy ions…

The nuclear symmetry energy is intimately connected with nuclear astrophysics. This contribution focuses on the estimation of the symmetry energy from experiment and how it is related to the structure of neutron stars. The most important…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-06 James M. Lattimer , Andrew W. Steiner

We extract the mass-dependent symmetry energy coefficients $a_{\text{sym}}({A})$ with the nuclear mass differences reducing the uncertainties as far as possible. The estimated $a_{\text{sym}}({A})$ of $^{208}\text{Pb}$ is $22.4\pm 0.3 $…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-11 Xiaohua Fan , Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo

The density dependence of the symmetry energy in the equation of state of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter is studied using the isoscaling of the fragment yields and the antisymmetrized molecular dynamic calculation. It is observed that…

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

The multifaceted role of the density dependent nuclear symmetry energy in the nuclear astrophysics involving neutron stars is highlighted. Efforts toward a model independent determination of the dense matter equation state through a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-11 M. Prakash Pals

Collisions involving 112Sn and 124Sn nuclei have been simulated with the improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics transport model. The results of the calculations reproduce isospin diffusion data from two different observables and the ratios of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-11-18 M. B. Tsang , Yingxun Zhang , P. Danielewicz , M. Famiano , Zhuxia Li , W. G. Lynch , A. W. Steiner

Asymmetric nuclear matter is treated in the formalism of Dirac-Brueckner approach with Bonn one-boson-exchange nucleon-nucleon interaction. We extract the symmetry energy coefficient at the saturation to be about 31 MeV, which is in good…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. -H. Lee , T. T. S. Kuo , G. Q. Li , G. E. Brown