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most citedAsymmetric nuclear matter:the role of the isovector scalar channel

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nucl-ex2016★ 256 cited

Results of the ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: The symmetry energy at suprasaturation density

P. Russotto, S. Gannon, S. Kupny +89

Directed and elliptic flows of neutrons and light charged particles were measured for the reaction 197Au+197Au at 400 MeV/nucleon incident energy within the ASY-EOS experimental ca…

nucl-th2016★ 3 cited

Probing the hadron-quark mixed phase at high isospin and baryon density - Sensitive observables

Massimo Di Toro, Maria Colonna, Vincenzo Greco +1

We discuss the isospin effect on the possible phase transition from hadronic to quark matter at high baryon density and finite temperatures. The two-Equation of State (Two-EoS) mod…

nucl-th2014

On the collectivity of Pygmy Dipole Resonance within schematic TDA and RPA models

V. Baran, D. I. Palade, M. Colonna +3

Within schematic models based on the Tamm-Dancoff Approximation and the Random-Phase Approximation with separable interactions, we investigate the physical conditions which determi…

nucl-th2014★ 11 cited

Exotic break-up modes in heavy ion reactions at low energies

C. Rizzo, M. Colonna, V. Baran +1

New reaction mechanisms occurring in heavy ion collisions at low energy (10- 30 MeV/A) are investigated within the Stochastic Mean Field model. We concentrate on the analysis of te…

nucl-th2014★ 8 cited

Nuclear collective dynamics within Vlasov approach

V. Baran, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +3

We discuss, in an investigation based on Vlasov equation, the properties of the isovector modes in nuclear matter and atomic nuclei in relation with the symmetry energy. We obtain…

nucl-th2013★ 20 cited

Theoretical predictions of experimental observables sensitive to the symmetry energy: Results of the SMF transport model

Maria Colonna, Virgil Baran, Massimo Di Toro

In the framework of mean-field based transport approaches, we discuss recent results concerning heavy ion reactions between charge asymmetric systems, from low up to intermediate e…

nucl-th2013★ 40 cited

Connecting the Pygmy Dipole Resonance to the neutron skin

V. Baran, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +2

We study the correlation between the neutron skin development and the low-energy dipole response associated with the pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) in connection with the properties…

nucl-th2013★ 33 cited

Isoscalar-vector interaction and hybrid quark core in massive neutron stars

G. Y. Shao, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +2

The hadron-quark phase transition in the core of massive neutron stars is studied with a newly constructed two-phase model. For nuclear matter, a nonlinear Walecka type model with…

nucl-ex2012★ 12 cited

The ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: investigating the symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities

P. Russotto, M. Chartier, E. De Filippo +89

The elliptic-flow ratio of neutrons with respect to protons in reactions of neutron rich heavy-ions systems at intermediate energies has been proposed as an observable sensitive to…

nucl-th2012★ 3 cited

Reaction mechanisms in transport theories: a test of the nuclear effective interaction

M. Colonna, V. Baran, M. Di Toro +2

We review recent results concerning collective excitations in neutron-rich systems and reactions between charge asymmetric systems at Fermi energies. Solving numerically self-consi…

nucl-ex2012★ 82 cited

Correlations between emission timescale of fragments and isospin dynamics in Sn+Ni and Sn+Ni reactions at 35 AMeV

E. De Filippo, A. Pagano, P. Russotto +51

We present a new experimental method to correlate the isotopic composition of intermediate mass fragments (IMF) emitted at mid-rapidity in semi-peripheral collisions with the emiss…

nucl-th2012★ 37 cited

Influence of vector interactions on the hadron-quark/gluon phase transition

G. Y. Shao, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +2

The hadron-quark/gluon phase transition is studied in the two-phase model. As a further study of our previous work, both the isoscalar and isovector vector interactions are include…

nucl-th2011★ 33 cited

Pygmy dipole resonance: collective features and symmetry energy effects

V. Baran, B. Frecus, M. Colonna +1

A very important open question related to the pygmy dipole resonance is about its quite elusive collective nature. In this paper, within a harmonic oscillator shell model, generali…

hep-ph2011

Impact of temperature dependence of the energy loss on jet quenching observables

F. Scardina, M. Di Toro, V. Greco

The quenching of jets (particles with ) in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions has been one of the main prediction and discovery at RHIC. We have studied, by a…

nucl-th2011★ 37 cited

Phase diagrams in the Hadron-PNJL model

G. Y. Shao, M. Di Toro, V. Greco +4

The two-Equation of State (Two-EoS) model is used to describe the hadron-quark phase transition in dense-hot matter formed in heavy-ion collisions. The non-linear Walecka model is…

nucl-th2010★ 3 cited

Collective Flows in a Transport Approach

S. Plumari, V. Baran, M. Di Toro +1

We introduce a transport approach at fixed shear viscosity to entropy ratio $\etas$ to study the generation of collective flows in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Transpor…

nucl-th2010

Sensitivity of the Jet Quenching Observables to the Temperature Dependence of the Energy Loss

Scardina Francesco, Massimo Di Toro, Vincenzo Greco

The quenching of minijet (particles with ) in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions has been one of the main prediction and discovery at RHIC. We analyze the co…

nucl-th2010★ 1 cited

Hierarchy in mid-rapidity fragmentation: mass, isospin, velocity correlations

V. Baran, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +1

We present new features of the transition from nuclear multifragmentation to neck fragmentation in semi-central heavy-ion collisions at Fermi energies as obtained within a microsco…

nucl-th2010★ 102 cited

Probing the Nuclear Symmetry Energy with Heavy Ion Collisions

M. Di Toro, V. Baran, M. Colonna +1

Heavy Ion Collisions (HIC) represent a unique tool to probe the in-medium nuclear interaction in regions away from saturation. In this report we present a selection of new reaction…

nucl-th2010★ 28 cited

Break-up mechanisms in heavy ion collisions at low energies

L. Shvedov, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro

We investigate reaction mechanisms occurring in heavy ion collisions at low energy (around 20 MeV/u). In particular, we focus on the competition between fusion and break-up process…

nucl-th2010

Isospin effects and sensitive observables in the Fermi energy domain

M. Colonna, V. Baran, M. Di Toro

We review recent results obtained for charge asymmetric systems at Fermi energies. Observables sensitive to the isospin dependent part of nuclear interaction are discussed, providi…

hep-ph2010★ 33 cited

Does the NJL chiral phase transition affect the elliptic flow of a fluid at fixed ?

S. Plumari, V. Baran, M. Di Toro +2

We have derived and solved numerically the Boltzmann-Vlasov transport equations that includes both two-body collisions and the chiral phase transition by mean of NJL-field dynamics…

nucl-th2010★ 88 cited

Isospin emission and flows at high baryon density: a test of the symmetry potential

V. Giordano, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +2

High energy Heavy Ion Collisions (HIC) are studied in order to access nuclear matter properties at high density. Particular attention is paid to the selection of observables sensit…

nucl-th2009★ 2 cited

Probing the symmetry energy at high baryon density with heavy ion collisions

V. Greco, M. Colonna, M. Di Toro +1

The nuclear symmetry energy at densities above saturation density () is poorly constrained theoretically and very few relevant experimental data exist. Its st…