The neutron/proton ratio of squeezed-out nucleons and the high density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy
arXiv:nucl-th/0703042 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.05.050
Abstract
Within a transport model it is shown that the neutron/proton ratio of squeezed-out nucleons perpendicular to the reaction plane, especially at high transverse momenta, in heavy-ion reactions induced by high energy neutron-rich nuclei can be a useful tool for studying the high density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy.
9 pages, 3 figures, version accepted by PLB