Shear viscosity of neutron-rich nucleonic matter near its liquid-gas phase transition

Abstract

Within a relaxation time approach using free nucleon-nucleon cross sections modified by the in-medium nucleon masses that are determined from an isospin- and momentum-dependent effective nucleon-nucleon interaction, we investigate the specific shear viscosity ($\eta /s$) of neutron-rich nucleonic matter near its liquid-gas phase transition. It is found that as the nucleonic matter is heated at fixed pressure or compressed at fixed temperature, its specific shear viscosity shows a valley shape in the temperature or density dependence, with the minimum located at the boundary of the phase transition. Moreover, the value of $\eta /s$ drops suddenly at the first-order liquid-gas phase transition temperature, reaching as low as $4\sim 5$ times the KSS bound of $\hslash /4\pi$. However, it varies smoothly for the second-order liquid-gas phase transition. Effects of the isospin degree of freedom and the nuclear symmetry energy on the value of $\eta /s$ are also discussed.

6 pages, 5 figures

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