Isospin Physics in Heavy-Ion Collisions At Intermediate Energies

Bao-An Li and W Udo Schroder

Contents: Preface; Equation of State of Isospin-Asymmetric Nuclear Matter; Equation of State for Dense Isospin Asymmetric Nuclear Matter for Astrophysical Applications; Phase Transitions in Warm, Isospin-Asymmetric Nuclear Matter; Isospin-Dependent Lattice Gas Models for Nuclear Multifragmentation; Phase Transition with an Isospin Dependent Lattice Gas Model; Chemical Versus Mechanical Instability and Isospin Fractionation in Asymmetric Nuclear Matter; Collective Modes in Isospin-Asymmetric Nuclei; Pre-equilibrium Hot GDR Excitation in N/Z Asymmetric Nuclear Reactions; Nuclear Transport Models and Effects of Isospin-Dependent Equation of State on Dissipative Heavy-Ion Collisions; Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics Model and Its Applications in Isospin Studies; The Use of Coalescence Models to Probe Dynamic Evolution in Nuclear Collisions; Dynamics of Heavy-Ion Collisions at Fermi Energies: Challenges and Opportunities; Isospin and Clusterisation at Mid-Rapidity; Chemical Equilibrium and Isotope Temperatures; The Evaporation Attractor Line; Isospin Effects in Fragmentation Production; Isospin Dependence of Total Reaction Cross Sections and Nuclear Radii; Effects of Isospin Asymmetry and In-Medium Corrections on Directed Transverse Flow and the Balance Energy; Isospin Equilibration as a Probe of Nuclear Stopping Power.