Differential isospin-fractionation in dilute asymmetric nuclear matter

作者:Li, Bao An*; Chen, Lie Wen; Ma, Hong Ru; Xu, Jun; Yong, Gao Chan
来源:Physical Review C, 2007, 76(5): 051601.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.76.051601

摘要

The differential isospin-fractionation (IsoF) during the liquid-gas phase transition in dilute asymmetric nuclear matter is studied as a function of nucleon momentum. Within a self-consistent thermal model it is shown that the neutron/proton ratio of the gas phase becomes smaller than that of the liquid phase for energetic nucleons, although the gas phase is overall more neutron-rich. Clear indications of the differential IsoF consistent with the thermal model predictions are demonstrated within a transport model for heavy-ion reactions. Future comparisons with experimental data will allow us to extract critical information about the momentum dependence of the isovector strong interaction.