1209.6461 (E. De Filippo et al.)

Correlations between isospin dynamics and Intermediate Mass Fragments
emission time scales: a probe for the symmetry energy in asymmetric nuclear
matter    [PDF]

E. De Filippo, F. Amorini, L. Auditore, V. Baran, I. Berceanu, G. Cardella, M. Colonna, E. Geraci, S. Gianì, L. Grassi, A. Grzeszczuk, P. Guazzoni, J. Han, E. La Guidara, G. Lanzalone, I. Lombardo, C. Maiolino, T. Minniti, A. Pagano, M. Papa, E. Piasecki, S. Pirrone, G. Politi, A. Pop, F. Porto, F. Rizzo, P. Russotto, S. Santoro, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, G. Verde, M. Vigilante, J. Wilczyński, L. Zetta

We show new data from the $^{64}$Ni+$^{124}$Sn and $^{58}$Ni+$^{112}$Sn reactions studied in direct kinematics with the CHIMERA detector at INFN-LNS and compared with the reverse kinematics reactions at the same incident beam energy (35 A MeV). Analyzing the data with the method of relative velocity correlations, fragments coming from statistical decay of an excited projectile-like (PLF) or target-like (TLF) fragments are discriminated from the ones coming from dynamical emission in the early stages of the reaction. By comparing data of the reverse kinematics experiment with a stochastic mean field (SMF) + GEMINI calculations our results show that observables from neck fragmentation mechanism add valuable constraints on the density dependence of symmetry energy. An indication is found for a moderately stiff symmetry energy potential term of EOS.

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