https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12862-7
Review
Low-energy dipole response of exotic nuclei
1
Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289, Darmstadt, Germany
2
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
* e-mail: t.aumann@gsi.de
Received:
3
May
2019
Accepted:
15
August
2019
Published online:
3
December
2019
The electric dipole response of neutron-rich nuclei is discussed from an experimental perspective using selected examples. After introducing the main experimental method, which is relativistic Coulomb excitation in conjunction with invariant-mass spectroscopy, the response of neutron-rich nuclei is discussed separately for light halo nuclei and heavier neutron-rich nuclei. Finally, the perspective for constraining the equation of state of neutron-rich matter close to saturation density from measurements of the dipole response of neutron-rich nuclei is discussed.
© The Author(s), 2019
