Symmetry energy and isospin dependence of cross- section: sensitivity to transverse flow

TL;DR

This paper investigates how symmetry energy and isospin-dependent nucleon-nucleon cross sections influence transverse flow in Ca+Ca reactions, revealing that symmetry energy's role grows with increasing N/Z ratio.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the relative effects of symmetry energy and isospin dependence on transverse flow in nuclear reactions with varying N/Z ratios.

Findings

Symmetry energy's contribution to transverse flow increases with N/Z ratio.

Isospin dependence of cross section affects transverse flow.

Results enhance understanding of nuclear matter properties.

Abstract

We study the relative contribution of the symmetry energy and isospin dependence of the nucleon-nucleon cross section to the collective transverse in-plane flow for the reactions of Ca+Ca having N/Z varying from 1.0, 1.6 and 2.0. We see that role of symmetry energy to the flow increases with N/Z of the system.