Probing the density content of the nuclear symmetry energy

The nature of equation of state for the neutron star matter is crucially governed by the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. We attempt to probe the behaviour of the nuclear symmetry energy around the saturation density by exploiting the empirical values for volume and surface symmetr...

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Published in:Pramāṇa 2014-05, Vol.82 (5), p.823-830
Main Authors: AGRAWAL, B K, DE, J N, SAMADDAR, S K
Format: Article
Language:English
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Astronomy
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Observations and Techniques
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
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Summary:The nature of equation of state for the neutron star matter is crucially governed by the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. We attempt to probe the behaviour of the nuclear symmetry energy around the saturation density by exploiting the empirical values for volume and surface symmetry energy coefficients extracted from the precise data on the nuclear masses.
ISSN:0304-4289
0973-7111
DOI:10.1007/s12043-014-0735-4