In simulated intermediate-energy tin collisions, the free neutron-to-proton yield ratio is more sensitive to the symmetry potential than to the initial neutron-skin thickness in most kinematics.
Triton/$^{3}$He ratio as an observable for neutron skin thickness
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Based on the framework of the Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) model in which the initial neutron and proton densities are sampled according to the droplet model, the correlation between triton-to-$^{3}$He yield ratio (R(t/$^{3}$He)$=$Yield(t)/Yield($^{3}$He)) and neutron skin thickness (${\delta}_{np}$) in neutron-rich projectile induced reactions is investigated. By changing the diffuseness parameter of neutron density distribution in the droplet model for the projectile to obtain different ${\delta}_{np}$, the relationship between ${\delta}_{np}$ and the corresponding R(t/$^{3}$He) in semi-peripheral collisions is obtained. The calculated results show that R(t/$^{3}$He) has a strong linear correlation with ${\delta}_{np}$ for neutron-rich $^{50}$Ca and $^{68}$Ni nuclei. It is suggested that R(t/$^{3}$He) could be regarded as a good experimental observable to extract ${\delta}_{np}$ for neutron-rich nuclei because the yields of charged particles triton and $^{3}$He can be measured quite precisely.
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Investigating the possibility of extracting neutron-skin thickness in nuclei by their collisions at intermediate energies
In simulated intermediate-energy tin collisions, the free neutron-to-proton yield ratio is more sensitive to the symmetry potential than to the initial neutron-skin thickness in most kinematics.