Constraining the symmetry term in the nuclear equation of state at subsaturation densities and finite temperatures

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Marini, P ^a   Bonasera, A ^a,b   McIntosh, A ^a   Tripathi, R ^a,c   Galanopoulos, S ^a,f   Hagel, K ^a   Heilborn, L ^a,d   Kohley, Z ^a,d,g   May, L W ^a,d   Mehlman, M ^a,d   Soisson, S N ^a,b   Souliotis, G A ^a,e   Shetty, D V ^a,h   Smith, W B ^a   Stein, B C ^a,b   Wuenschel, S ^a,d   Yennello, S J ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f Department of Physical Sciences   (Greece)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85042888248     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034617     Document Type: Article

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