Transport model comparison studies of intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

H Wolter, M Colonna, D Cozma, P Danielewicz… - Progress in Particle and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transport models are the main method to obtain physics information on the nuclear equation
of state and in-medium properties of particles from low to relativistic-energy heavy-ion …

Recent progress and new challenges in isospin physics with heavy-ion reactions

BA Li, LW Chen, CM Ko - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The ultimate goal of studying isospin physics via heavy-ion reactions with neutron-rich,
stable and/or radioactive nuclei is to explore the isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear …

New parametrization for the nuclear covariant energy density functional with a point-coupling interaction

PW Zhao, ZP Li, JM Yao, J Meng - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2010 - APS
A new parametrization PC-PK1 for the nuclear covariant energy density functional with
nonlinear point-coupling interaction is proposed by fitting to observables of 60 selected …

Reaction dynamics with exotic nuclei

V Baran, M Colonna, V Greco, M Di Toro - Physics Reports, 2005 - Elsevier
We review the new possibilities offered by the reaction dynamics of asymmetric heavy-ion
collisions, using stable and unstable beams. We show that it represents a rather unique tool …

A way forward in the study of the symmetry energy: experiment, theory, and observation

CJ Horowitz, EF Brown, Y Kim, WG Lynch… - Journal of Physics G …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Determination of the stiffness of the nuclear symmetry energy from isospin diffusion

LW Chen, CM Ko, BA Li - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
With an isospin-and momentum-dependent transport model, we find that the degree of
isospin diffusion in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies is affected by both the …

Nuclear spinodal fragmentation

P Chomaz, M Colonna, J Randrup - Physics Reports, 2004 - Elsevier
Spinodal multifragmentation in nuclear physics is reviewed. Considering first spinodal
instability within the general framework of thermodynamics, we discuss the intimate …

Nuclear matter symmetry energy and the neutron skin thickness of heavy nuclei

LW Chen, CM Ko, BA Li - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2005 - APS
Correlations between the thickness of the neutron skin in finite nuclei and the nuclear matter
symmetry energy are studied in the Skyrme Hartree-Fock model. From the most recent …

Higher-order effects on the incompressibility of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter

LW Chen, BJ Cai, CM Ko, BA Li, C Shen, J Xu - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2009 - APS
Analytical expressions for the saturation density of asymmetric nuclear matter as well as its
binding energy and incompressibility at saturation density are given up to fourth order in the …

Density dependence of the symmetry energy and the nuclear equation of state: A dynamical and statistical model perspective

DV Shetty, SJ Yennello, GA Souliotis - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2007 - APS
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 …