Probing the Neutron Skin with Ultrarelativistic Isobaric Collisions.
Phys Rev Lett
; 125(22): 222301, 2020 Nov 27.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33315427
ABSTRACT
Particle production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions depends on the details of the nucleon density distributions in the colliding nuclei. We demonstrate that the charged hadron multiplicity distributions in isobaric collisions at ultrarelativistic energies provide a novel approach to determine the poorly known neutron density distributions and thus the neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei, which can in turn put stringent constraints on the nuclear symmetry energy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Phys Rev Lett
Year:
2020
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Article
Affiliation country:
China