Role of Momentum Dependent Interactions in Nuclear Stopping

Abstract

The relative role of momentum dependent interactions in nuclear stopping at intermediate energy heavy ion collisions is studied using isospin-dependent quantum dynamics model. The calculations have been done for colliding systems in the energy range between 50 and 1000 MeV/nucleon in the presence of symmetry energy. It is observed that nuclear stopping is sensitive to impact parameter, incident energies and the mass of the colliding system; however it is insensitive to N/Z ratio of the colliding system. The degree of stopping is suppressed by the inclusion of momentum dependent interactions, whereas the particle production is not affected by the MDI.