Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Progress towards determining the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy using heavy-ion reactions

  • Published:
Acta Physica Hungarica A) Heavy Ion Physics

Abstract

The latest development in determining the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy using heavy-ion collisions is reviewed. Within the IBUU04 version of an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model using a modified Gogny effective interaction, recent experimental data from NSCL/MSU on isospin diffusion are found to be consistent with a nuclear symmetry energy of E sym(ρ)≈31.6(ρ/ρ0)1.05 at subnormal densities. Predictions on several observables sensitive to the density dependence of the symmetry energy at supranormal densities accessible at GSI and the planned Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) are also made.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. J.M. Lattimer and M. Prakash, Phys. Rep. 333 (2000) 121; Astr. Phys. J. 550 (2001) 426; Science 304 (2004) 536; A.W. Steiner, M. Prakash, J.M. Lattimer and P.J. Ellis, Phys. Rep. 411 (2005) 325.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. B.A. Brown, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 5296.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. J.R. Stone et al., Phys. Rev. C 68 (2004) 034324.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. B.A. Li, C.M. Ko and W. Bauer, Topical review, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E 7 (1998) 147.

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Isospin Physics in Heavy-Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies, eds. B.A. Li and W.U. Schröder, Nova Science Publisher, Inc., New York, 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  6. P. Danielewicz, R. Lacey and W.G. Lynch, Science 298 (2002) 1592.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. V. Baran, M. Colonna, V. Greco and M. Di Toro, Phys. Rep. 410 (2005) 335.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. I. Bombaci, Chapter 2 in Ref. [5].

  9. M.B. Tsang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 062701.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. L.W. Chen, C.M. Ko and B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 32701.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. B.A. Li, C.B. Das, S. Das Gupta and C. Gale, Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 011603; Nucl. Phys. A 735 (2004) 563.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. C.B. Das, S. Das Gupta, C. Gale and B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. C 67 (2003) 034611.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. P.E. Hodgson, The Nucleon Optical Model, World Scientific, 1994.

  14. G.W. Hoffmann and W.R. Coker, Phys. Rev. Lett. 29 (1972) 227.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. V.R. Pandharipande and S.C. Pieper, Phys. Rev. C 45 (1991) 791 M. Kohno, M. Higashi, Y. Watanabe and M. Kawai, Phys. Rev. C 57 (1998) 3495; D. Persram and C. Gale, Phys. Rev. C 65 (2002) 064611.

    Google Scholar 

  16. B.A. Li, P. Danielewicz and W.G. Lynch, Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 054603.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. F. Rami et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 1120.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 192701; Nucl. Phys. A 708 (2003) 365; Phys. Rev. C 67 (2003) 017601.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. B.A. Li, G.C. Yong and W. Zuo, Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 014608.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. G.F. Bertsch, Nature 283 (1980) 280; A. Bonasera and G.F. Bertsch, Phys. Lett. B195 (1987) 521.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. B.A. Li, C.M. Ko and Z.Z. Ren, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 1644; B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 034614.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. L.W. Chen, C.M. Ko and B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 017601; Nucl. Phys. A 729 (2003) 809.

    Article  MathSciNet  ADS  Google Scholar 

  23. L.W. Chen, C.M. Ko and B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 054606.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. B.A. Li, G.C. Yong and W. Zuo, Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 044604.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. B.A. Li, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 4221.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Physics, Arkansas State University, P.O. Box 419, 72467-0419, State University, AR, USA

    Bao-An Li

  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, P.R. China

    Lie-Wen Chen

  3. Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, 77843-3366, College Station, TX, USA

    Che Ming Ko

  4. Institute of Modern Physics, 730000, Lanzhou

    Gao-Chan Yong & Wei Zuo

  5. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science, 100039, Beijing, P.R. China

    Gao-Chan Yong & Wei Zuo

Authors
  1. Bao-An Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Lie-Wen Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Che Ming Ko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Gao-Chan Yong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Wei Zuo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Li, BA., Chen, LW., Ko, C.M. et al. Progress towards determining the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy using heavy-ion reactions. Acta Phys. Hung. A 25, 219–228 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.25.2006.2-4.10

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/APH.25.2006.2-4.10

Keywords

PACS

Search

Navigation