Isospin diffusion in heavy-ion collisions and the neutron skin thickness of lead

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.72.041601· OSTI ID:20699035

Steiner, Andrew W ^[1]; Baoan, Li ^[2]

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1. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
2. Department of Chemistry and Physics, P.O. Box 419, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas, 72467-0419 (United States)

The correlation between the thickness of the neutron skin in {sup 208}Pb and the degree of isospin diffusion in heavy-ion collisions is examined. The same equation of state is used to compute the degree of isospin diffusion in an isospin-dependent transport model and the neutron skin thickness in the Hartree-Fock approximation. We find that skin thicknesses less than 0.15 fm are excluded by the isospin diffusion data.

• OSTI ID: 20699035
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CORRELATIONS
DIFFUSION
EQUATIONS OF STATE
HARTREE-FOCK METHOD
ISOSPIN
LEAD 208 REACTIONS
LEAD 208 TARGET
NEUTRONS
TRANSPORT THEORY