[SEMINARI] SEMINAR: Jorge Piekarewicz

[German Rodrigo Garcia]

Neutron Rich Nuclei in Heaven and Earth

Jorge Piekarewicz
Florida State University
Friday, 26 of May of 2006     12:00 PM
IFIC's Seminar

Abstract

The neutron radius of a heavy nucleus provides much needed information on 
the equation of state of neutron rich matter, particularly on the poorly 
known density dependence of the symmetry energy. I will discuss how the 
measurement of the neutron radius of 208Pb at the Jefferson Laboratory, 
with a promised 1% accuracy, impacts a variety of nuclear observables -- 
from the ground-state properties of exotic nuclei to the structure of 
neutron stars.