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Title: Isospin dependence of nucleon emission and radial flow in heavy-ion collisions induced by high energy radioactive beams

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Post Office Box 419, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas 72467-0419 (United States)

Using an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model we study the emission of free nucleons and nuclear radial flow in central heavy-ion collisions induced by high-energy radioactive beams. The midrapidity neutron/proton ratio and its transverse momentum dependence are found to be very sensitive to the high-density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy. The nuclear radial flow, however, depends only weakly on the symmetry energy.

OSTI ID:
20696076
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 71, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.71.044604; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English