Probing the Symmetry Energy with Heavy Ions
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Constraints on the EoS for symmetric matter (equal neutron and proton numbers) at suprasaturation densities have been extracted from energetic collisions of heavy ions. Collisions of neutron-deficient and neutron-rich heavy ions now provide initial constraints on the EoS of neutronrich matter at sub-saturation densities. Comparisons are made to other available constraints.
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