Effects of Isospin Asymmetry and In-Medium Corrections on Balance Energy

TL;DR

This paper investigates how isospin asymmetry and in-medium effects influence the balance energy in heavy-ion collisions using a BUU model, highlighting the impact parameter dependence and isospin effects.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of isospin and in-medium corrections on balance energy within a BUU model framework for specific nuclear reactions.

Findings

Reproduced impact parameter dependence of balance energy.

Observed sign change in balance energy shift with isospin asymmetry.

Captured qualitative effects of in-medium corrections.

Abstract

The effects of an isospin asymmetry and in-medium corrections to the nucleon collision cross section on the balance energy are explored. The BUU model for intermediate energy heavy-ion collisions is used with isospin-dependent mean fields to calculate the balance energies of 58Fe + 58Fe and 58Ni + 58Ni for a range of impact parameters. We find that we are able to reproduce the impact parameter dependence of the balance energy, and the sign (but not the magnitude) of the shift in balance balance energy as a function of isospin asymmetry.