Density dependence of symmetry energy and collective transverse in-plane flow

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the collective transverse in-plane flow in nuclear reactions depends on the symmetry energy and its density dependence, showing sensitivity at Fermi energies but not at higher energies.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the energy regimes where symmetry energy influences collective flow, highlighting the importance of density dependence at Fermi energies.

Findings

Flow sensitive to symmetry energy at Fermi energies

Flow insensitive to symmetry energy at higher energies

Highlights energy-dependent behavior of symmetry effects

Abstract

We study the sensitivity of the collective transverse in-plane flow to the symmetry energy and its density dependence at Fermi energies and higher incident energies. We find that collective transverse in-plane flow is sensitive to the symmetry energy and its density dependence at Fermi energies whereas it shows insensitivity at higher incident energies.