Nuclear Theory
Areas of investigations: Heavy Ion Reactions, Nuclear Matter, Nuclear Pasta, Neutron Star Crusts, Neutron-Rich matter, Isoscaling, Nuclear Equation of State, Nuclear Symmetry Energy, and in general the physics of neutron-rich nuclei.
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Research Group:
Dr. Jorge A. Lopez, Professor
Undergraduate Student:
Enrique Ramirez-Homs
Current Projects
- Extension of nuclear phase diagram into the isospin dimension.
- Effect of Coulomb forces in the formation of nuclear pasta.
- Structure of neutron star crusts.
Publications
- , J.A. López, E. Ramírez-Homs, R. González and R. Ravelo, Phys. Rev. C 89, 024611 (2014); .
- , P.A. Giménez-Molinelli, J.I. Nichols, J.A. López and C.O. Dorso, Nuc. Phys. A, 923, Pp. 31-50, 2014.
- "", C.O. Dorso, P. Giménez-Molinelli and J.A. López, published in . Download .
- "From nuclei to nuclear pasta" , C.O. Dorso, P.A. Gíménez-Molinelli and J.A. López, in "Neutron Star Crust", Eds. C.A. Bertulani and J. Piekarewicz, 2012 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. .