Proton skins, neutron skins, and proton radii of mirror nuclei

We present predictions for proton skins based on isospin-asymmetric equations of state derived microscopically from high-precision chiral few-nucleon interactions. Moreover, we investigate the relation between the neutron skin of a nucleus and the difference between the proton radii of the corresponding mirror nuclei.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure

Microscopic approach to the nucleon-nucleon effective interaction and nucleon-nucleon scattering in symmetric and isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter

After reviewing our microscopic approach to nuclear and neutron-rich matter, we focus on how nucleon-nucleon scattering is impacted by the presence of a dense hadronic medium, with special emphasis on the case where neutron and proton densities are different. We discuss in detail medium and isospin asymmetry effects on the total elastic cross section and the mean free path of a neutron or a proton in isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter. We point out that in-medium cross sections play an important role in heavy-ion simulations aimed at extracting constraints on the symmetry potential. We argue that medium and isospin dependence of microscopic cross sections are the results of a complex balance among various effects, and cannot be simulated with a simple phenomenological model.Comment: Prepared for a special issue of EPJA on the nuclear symmetry energ

A microscopic equation of state for neutron-rich matter and its effect on neutron star properties

Chapter prepared for the book "Astrophysics", ISBN 979-953-307-389-6, INTECH Publishers (in press).Comment: 34 pages, 20 figure