Nucleon Effective Masses in Neutron-Rich Matter
| Title: | Nucleon Effective Masses in Neutron-Rich Matter |
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| Authors: | Li, Bao-An, Cai, Bao-Jun, Chen, Lie-Wen, Xu, Jun |
| Source: | Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Vol. 99, 29-119 (2018) |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Collection: | Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| Subject Terms: | Nuclear Theory, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment |
| More Details: | Various kinds of isovector nucleon effective masses are used in the literature to characterize the momentum/energy dependence of the nucleon symmetry potential or self-energy due to the space/time non-locality of the underlying isovector strong interaction in neutron-rich nucleonic matter. The multifaceted studies on nucleon isovector effective masses are multi-disciplinary in nature. Besides structures, masses and low-lying excited states of nuclei as well as nuclear reactions, studies of the isospin dependence of short-range correlations in nuclei from scatterings of high-energy electrons and protons on heavy nuclei also help understand nucleon effective masses especially the so-called E-mass in neutron-rich matter. A thorough understanding of all kinds of nucleon effective masses has multiple impacts on many interesting issues in both nuclear physics and astrophysics. We review some of the significant progresses made in recent years by the nuclear physics community in resolving some of the hotly debated and longstanding issues regarding nucleon effective masses especially in dense neutron-rich matter. Comment: 109 pages, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics (2018) in press |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.01.001 |
| Access URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1801.01213 |
| Accession Number: | edsarx.1801.01213 |
| Database: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ppnp.2018.01.001 |
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