Temperature and density effects on the two-nucleon momentum correlation function from excited single nuclei

Abstract

Two-nucleon momentum correlation functions are investigated for different single thermal sources at given initial temperature $(T)$ and density $(\rho )$. To this end, the space-time evolutions of various single excited nuclei at $T$ $=1-20$ $MeV$ and $\rho$ = 0.2 - 1.2 ${\rho }_0$ are simulated by using the thermal isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics $(ThIQMD)$ model. Momentum correlation functions of identical proton-pairs ($C_{pp}(q)$) or neutron-pairs ($C_{nn}(q)$) at small relative momenta are calculated by $Lednick\acute{y}$ and $Lyuboshitz$ analytical method. The results illustrate that $C_{pp}(q)$ and $C_{nn}(q)$ are sensitive to the source size ($A$) at lower $T$ or higher $\rho$, but almost not at higher $T$ or lower $\rho$. And the sensitivities become stronger for smaller source. Moreover, the $T$, $\rho$ and $A$ dependencies of the Gaussian source radii are also extracted by fitting the two-proton momentum correlation functions, and the results are consistent with the above conclusions.

9 pages, 9 figures

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