Probing nuclear liquid-gas phase transition with isospin correlations

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Main Authors: Marczenko, Michał, Redlich, Krzysztof, Sasaki, Chihiro
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author Marczenko, Michał
Redlich, Krzysztof
Sasaki, Chihiro
author_facet Marczenko, Michał
Redlich, Krzysztof
Sasaki, Chihiro
contents We investigate the fluctuations of the net-baryon number near the critical point of the liquid-gas phase transition. We use the parity doublet model in the mean-field approximation fixed to the zero-temperature properties of nuclear matter to account for critical behavior. We explicitly calculate the fluctuations of the net-proton and net-neutron numbers as well as their correlations in the isospin-symmetric matter. We focus on the qualitative properties and systematics of the first- to fourth-order susceptibilities and their ratios. We demonstrate that the fluctuations of net-proton number do not reflect the total net-baryon number fluctuations in the vicinity of the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition. We also study the behavior of the baryon and proton number factorial cumulants. We highlight the importance of the non-trivial correlations between protons and neutrons.
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spellingShingle Probing nuclear liquid-gas phase transition with isospin correlations
Marczenko, Michał
Redlich, Krzysztof
Sasaki, Chihiro
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We investigate the fluctuations of the net-baryon number near the critical point of the liquid-gas phase transition. We use the parity doublet model in the mean-field approximation fixed to the zero-temperature properties of nuclear matter to account for critical behavior. We explicitly calculate the fluctuations of the net-proton and net-neutron numbers as well as their correlations in the isospin-symmetric matter. We focus on the qualitative properties and systematics of the first- to fourth-order susceptibilities and their ratios. We demonstrate that the fluctuations of net-proton number do not reflect the total net-baryon number fluctuations in the vicinity of the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition. We also study the behavior of the baryon and proton number factorial cumulants. We highlight the importance of the non-trivial correlations between protons and neutrons.
title Probing nuclear liquid-gas phase transition with isospin correlations
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21746