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Scaling of nuclear modification factors for hadrons and light nuclei
The number of constituent quarks (NCQ-) scaling of hadrons and the number of
constituent nucleons (NCN-) scaling of light nuclei are proposed for nuclear
modification factors () of hadrons and light nuclei, respectively,
according to the experimental investigations in relativistic heavy-ion
collisions. Based on coalescence mechanism the scalings are performed for pions
and protons in quark level, and light nuclei and He for
nucleonic level, respectively, formed in Au + Au and Pb + Pb collisions and
nice scaling behaviour emerges. NCQ or NCN scaling law of can be
respectively taken as a probe for quark or nucleon coalescence mechanism for
the formation of hadron or light nuclei in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Sensitivity of neutron to proton ratio toward the high density behavior of symmetry energy in heavy-ion collisions
The symmetry energy at sub and supra-saturation densities has a great
importance in understanding the exact nature of asymmetric nuclear matter as
well as neutron star, but, it is poor known, especially at supra-saturation
densities. We will demonstrate here that the neutron to proton ratios from
different kind of fragments is able to determine the supra-saturation behavior
of symmetry energy or not. For this purpose, a series of Sn isotopes are
simulated at different incident energies using the Isospin Quantum Molecular
Dynamics (IQMD) model with either a soft or a stiff symmetry energy for the
present study. It is found that the single neutron to proton ratio from free
nucleons as well as LCP's is sensitive towards the symmetry energy, incident
energy as well as isospin asymmetry of the system. However, with the double
neutron to proton ratio, it is true only for the free nucleons. It is possible
to study the high density behavior of symmetry energy by using the neutron to
proton ratio from free nucleons.Comment: 11 Pages, 9 Figure
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