Elliptic flow （v2） and hexadecupole flow （v4） of light clusters have been studied in detail for 25 MeV/nucleon ^86Kr ＋ ^124Sn at large impact parameters by using a quantum molecular dynamics model with different ...Elliptic flow （v2） and hexadecupole flow （v4） of light clusters have been studied in detail for 25 MeV/nucleon ^86Kr ＋ ^124Sn at large impact parameters by using a quantum molecular dynamics model with different potential parameters. Four sets of parameters including soft or hard equation of state （EOS） with or without symmetry energy term are used. Both number-of-nucleon （A） scaling of the elliptic flow versus transverse momentum （Pt） and the scaling of v4/A^2 versus （pt/A）^2 have been demonstrated for the light clusters in all above calculation conditions. It is also found that the ratio of v4/v2^2 maintains a constant of 1/2 which is independent of pt for all the light fragments. Comparisons among different combinations of the EOS and the symmetry potential term show that the above scaling behaviours are sound and independent of the details of potential, while the strengths of flows are sensitive to the EOS and the symmetry potential term.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos 10535010 and 10610285）, the Shanghai Development Foundation for Science and Technology of China （Grant Nos 06JC14082 and 05XD14021）, and Chinese Academy of Sciences project （Grant No KJCX3.SYW.N2）.
文摘Elliptic flow （v2） and hexadecupole flow （v4） of light clusters have been studied in detail for 25 MeV/nucleon ^86Kr ＋ ^124Sn at large impact parameters by using a quantum molecular dynamics model with different potential parameters. Four sets of parameters including soft or hard equation of state （EOS） with or without symmetry energy term are used. Both number-of-nucleon （A） scaling of the elliptic flow versus transverse momentum （Pt） and the scaling of v4/A^2 versus （pt/A）^2 have been demonstrated for the light clusters in all above calculation conditions. It is also found that the ratio of v4/v2^2 maintains a constant of 1/2 which is independent of pt for all the light fragments. Comparisons among different combinations of the EOS and the symmetry potential term show that the above scaling behaviours are sound and independent of the details of potential, while the strengths of flows are sensitive to the EOS and the symmetry potential term.
