Correlation between nuclear temperatures and symmetry energy in sub-saturation

TL;DR

This paper investigates how nuclear temperatures derived from kinetic energy distributions relate to symmetry energy in heavy-ion collisions, revealing their potential as probes for symmetry energy properties.

Contribution

It demonstrates that nuclear temperatures based on kinetic energy can serve as effective indicators of symmetry energy in sub-saturation nuclear matter.

Findings

Symmetry energy parameters influence density and energy distribution of hot nuclei.

Nuclear temperatures from kinetic energy are useful for studying symmetry energy.

The study uses isospin-dependent quantum molecular-dynamics model.

Abstract

A study of the correlation between nuclear temperatures and symmetry energy is presented for heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies via the isospin-dependent quantum molecular-dynamics model. It is found that different symmetry energy parameters will change the density and kinetic energy distribution of the hot nuclei. More importantly, nuclear temperatures that are based on kinetic energy properties can be used to study symmetry energy information.