Probing the nuclear symmetry energy with heavy-ion collisions

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Di Toro, M ^a,b   Baran, V ^c   Colonna, M ^a   Greco, V ^a,b  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

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EID: 77954599054     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/37/8/083101     Document Type: Article

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