Recent progress and new challenges in isospin physics with heavy-ion reactions

BA Li, LW Chen, CM Ko - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
The ultimate goal of studying isospin physics via heavy-ion reactions with neutron-rich,
stable and/or radioactive nuclei is to explore the isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear …

A way forward in the study of the symmetry energy: experiment, theory, and observation

CJ Horowitz, EF Brown, Y Kim, WG Lynch… - Journal of Physics G …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The symmetry energy describes how the energy of nuclear matter rises as one goes away
from equal numbers of neutrons and protons. This is very important to describe neutron rich …

Constraints on the symmetry energy and neutron skins from experiments and theory

MB Tsang, JR Stone, F Camera, P Danielewicz… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
The symmetry energy contribution to the nuclear equation of state impacts various
phenomena in nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, and nuclear reactions. Its …

Comparison of heavy-ion transport simulations: Mean-field dynamics in a box

M Colonna, YX Zhang, YJ Wang, D Cozma… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Within the transport model evaluation project (TMEP) of simulations for heavy-ion collisions,
the mean-field response is examined here. Specifically, zero-sound propagation is …

Understanding transport simulations of heavy-ion collisions at and MeV: Comparison of heavy-ion transport codes under controlled conditions

J Xu, LW Chen, MYB Tsang, H Wolter, YX Zhang… - Physical review C, 2016 - APS
Transport simulations are very valuable for extracting physics information from heavy-ion-
collision experiments. With the emergence of many different transport codes in recent years …

Comparison of heavy-ion transport simulations: Collision integral in a box

YX Zhang, YJ Wang, M Colonna, P Danielewicz, A Ono… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
Simulations by transport codes are indispensable to extract valuable physical information
from heavy-ion collisions. In order to understand the origins of discrepancies among …

Comparison of heavy-ion transport simulations: Collision integral with pions and resonances in a box

A Ono, J Xu, M Colonna, P Danielewicz, CM Ko… - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
Background: Simulations by transport codes are indispensable for extracting valuable
physical information from heavy-ion collisions. Pion observables such as the π−/π+ yield …

Progress of quantum molecular dynamics model and its applications in heavy ion collisions

YX Zhang, N Wang, QF Li, L Ou, JL Tian, M Liu… - Frontiers of …, 2020 - Springer
In this review article, we first briefly introduce the transport theory and quantum molecular
dynamics model applied in the study of the heavy ion collisions from low to intermediate …

Collision dynamics at medium and relativistic energies

M Colonna - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent results connected to nuclear collision dynamics, from low up to relativistic energies,
are reviewed. Heavy ion reactions offer the unique opportunity to probe the complex nuclear …

Transport approaches for the description of intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

J Xu - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
The transport approach is a useful tool to study dynamics of non-equilibrium systems. For
heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies, where both the smooth nucleon potential and …