Influence of momentum dependent interactions on nuclear stopping in symmetric heavy-ion collisions

TL;DR

This study investigates how momentum dependent interactions influence nuclear stopping in symmetric heavy-ion collisions across a range of energies, revealing their suppressive effect on stopping without affecting particle production.

Contribution

It demonstrates the impact of momentum dependent interactions on nuclear stopping in heavy-ion collisions using an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model.

Findings

Nuclear stopping varies with impact parameter, energy, and system mass.

Momentum dependent interactions suppress nuclear stopping.

Particle production remains unaffected by MDI.

Abstract

The role of momentum dependent interactions is studied in nuclear stopping at intermediate energy using an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model. Present calculations are performed at incident energy between 50 and 1000 MeV/nucleon. Our findings show that nuclear stopping is sensitive towards the impact parameter, incident energies as well as towards the mass of the colliding system. Further, the degree of stopping is suppressed by the inclusion of momentum dependent interactions, whereas the particle production is not affected by the MDI.