Nuclear asymmetry enthalpy

Nuclear asymmetry enthalpy

Recent work has sought to extract the asymmetry energy at very low density from observables in heavyion collisions. The logic employed starts from the assumption that the fragment yields are determined by a minimization of the Helmholtz free energy. As volume is in reality unconstrained, nor can a single freeze-out volume be expected, the physical relevance of the Helmholtz free energy must be ...

Spin-asymmetry energy of nuclear matter

We calculate the density-dependent spin-asymmetry energy S(kf ) of isospin-symmetric nuclear matter in the three-loop approximation of chiral perturbation theory. The interaction contributions to S(kf ) originate from one-pion exchange, iterated one-pion exchange, and (irreducible) two-pion exchange with no, single, and double virtual ∆-isobar excitation. We find that the truncation to 1π-excha...

NUCLEAR MODIFICATION OF THE FLAVOR ASYMMETRY u

Surface Enthalpy of Boehmite

Abs t rac t -The persistence of many seemingly metastable mineral assemblages in sediments and soils is commonly attributed to their sluggish transformation to the stable-phase assemblage. Although undoubtedly kinetics plays a major role, this study shows that thermodynamic factors, particularly surface energy, significantly influence the free energy. Enthalpies of formation of boehmite samples...

Azimuthal Asymmetry of Prompt Photons in Nuclear Collisions

The azimuthal elliptic asymmetry v2 observed in heavy ion collisions, is usually associated with properties of the medium created in the final state. We compute the azimuthal asymmetry which is due to multiple interactions of partons at the initial stage of nuclear collisions, and which is also present in pA collisions. In our approach the main source of azimuthal asymmetry is the combination o...