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Triton-{sup 3}He relative and differential flows as probes of the nuclear symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A and M University--Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75429-3011 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)
  3. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
Using a transport model coupled with a phase-space coalescence afterburner, we study the triton-{sup 3}He (t-{sup 3}He) ratio with both relative and differential transverse flows in semicentral {sup 132}Sn+{sup 124}Sn reactions at a beam energy of 400 MeV/nucleon. The neutron-proton ratios with relative and differential flows are also discussed as a reference. We find that similar to the neutron-proton pairs, the t-{sup 3}He pairs also carry interesting information regarding the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. Moreover, the nuclear symmetry energy affects more strongly the t-{sup 3}He relative and differential flows than the {pi}{sup -}/{pi}{sup +} ratio in the same reaction. The t-{sup 3}He relative flow can be used as a particularly powerful probe of the high-density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy.
OSTI ID:
21293956
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 80; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English