Investigations of spinodal dynamics in asymmetric nuclear matter within a stochastic relativistic model

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2013
Authors
Yilmaz, O.
Ayik, S.
Acar, F.
Saatci, S.
Gokalp, A.
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European Physical Journal A : Hadrons and Nuclei
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1434-6001
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1434-601X
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Springer-Verlag
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49
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3
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1 - 11
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English
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Early development of spinodal instabilities and density correlation functions in asymmetric nuclear matter are investigated in the stochastic extension of the Walecka-type relativistic mean field including coupling with rho meson. Calculations are performed under typical conditions encountered in heavy-ion collisions and in the crusts of neutron stars. In general, growth of instabilities occur relatively slower for increasing charge asymmetry of matter. At higher densities around rho = 0.4 rho(0) fluctuations grow relatively faster in the quantal description than those found in the semi-classical limit. Typical sizes of early condensation regions extracted from density correlation functions are consistent with those found from dispersion relations of the unstable collective modes.

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