Eur. Phys. J. A (2014) 50: 36
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

Abstract

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.