Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 162701 (2003) [4 pages]Effects of Symmetry Energy on Two-Nucleon Correlation Functions in Heavy-Ion Collisions Induced by Neutron-Rich NucleiReceived 1 November 2002; published 24 April 2003 Using an isospin-dependent transport model, we study the effects of nuclear symmetry energy on two-nucleon correlation functions in heavy-ion collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei. We find that the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy affects significantly the nucleon emission times in these collisions, leading to larger values of two-nucleon correlation functions for a symmetry energy that has a stronger density dependence. Two-nucleon correlation functions are thus useful tools for extracting information about the nuclear symmetry energy from heavy-ion collisions. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.162701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.162701
PACS:
25.70.Pq, 21.30.Fe, 21.65.+f, 24.10.Lx
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