Effects of momentum-dependent nuclear potential on two-nucleon correlation functions and light cluster production in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions RID A-2398-2009
Abstract
Using an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model, we study the effects due to the momentum dependence of isoscalar nuclear potential as well as that of symmetry potential on two-nucleon correlation functions and light cluster production in intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei. It is found that both observables are affected significantly by the momentum dependence of nuclear potential, leading to a reduction of their sensitivity to the stiffness of nuclear symmetry energy. However, the t/He-3 ratio remains a sensitive probe of the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy.
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NEUTRON-RICH NUCLEIINTENSITY INTERFEROMETRY
PION INTERFEROMETRY
PROTON CORRELATIONS
ISOSPIN-DEPENDENCE
PHASE-TRANSITION
SYMMETRY
ENERGY
STAR STRUCTURE
MEAN-FIELD
EQUATION
Physics