Growth of spinodal instabilities in nuclear matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol.91, no.1, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 91 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevc.91.014605
- Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW C
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Early growth of density fluctuations of nuclear matter in the spinodal region is investigated employing the stochastic mean-field approach. In contrast to the earlier treatments in which only collective modes were included in the calculations, in the present work noncollective modes are also included, thus providing a complete treatment of the density correlation functions. Calculations are carried out for symmetric matter in a nonrelativistic framework using a semiclassical approximation.