https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14036-7
Review
Timescale for isospin equilibration in projectile breakup
Department of Chemistry and Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
* e-mail: shudan@indiana.edu
Received:
3
September
2013
Revised:
18
September
2013
Accepted:
27
September
2013
Published online:
26
February
2014
Isospin transport within a nuclear system is influenced by the density dependence of the symmetry energy. Studying isospin transport over relatively long times can therefore be a powerful tool to learn about the symmetry energy. The transiently deformed PLF* formed in an intermediate energy heavy-ion collision presents an opportunity to study isospin transport for a variety of initial configurations. Isospin transport is found to persist over several hundred fm/c , establishing the timescale for isospin equilibration.
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