A way forward in the study of the symmetry energy: experiment, theory, and observation

By C. Horowitz, E. Brown, Y. Kim, W. G. Lynch, R. Michaels, A. Ono, J. Piekarewicz, M. Tsang, H. Wolter. 2014

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The symmetry energy describes how the energy of nuclear matter rises as one goes away from equal numbers of neutrons and protons. This is very important to describe neutron rich matter in astrophysics. This article reviews our knowledge of the symmetry energy from theoretical calculations, nuclear structure measurements, heavy ion collisions, and astronomical observations. We then present a roadmap to make progress in areas of relevance to the symmetry energy that promotes collaboration between the astrophysics and the nuclear physics communities.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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• The Nuclear Symmetry Energy (2016, background): “There are already in the literature few excellent papers devoted to different aspects of the nuclear symmetry energy and its relevance in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics [2, 3, 4].”
• The Masses and Spins of Neutron Stars and Stellar-Mass Black Holes (2014, background): “As a note of caution, even at ρs neutron star matter has far more neutrons than protons, so what we can measure in laboratories (see [99] for a recent review) does not provide absolutely definitive constraints on the relevant highly asymmetric matter.”