Zero Sound Propagation in Femto-Scale Quantum Liquids

Abstract

Charge equilibration has been recognized as a dominant process at the early stage of low-energy heavy-ion reactions. The production of exotic nuclei is suppressed under the appearance of charge equilibration, in which the proton-neutron ratios of the final reaction products are inevitably averaged. Therefore charge equilibration plays one of the most crucial roles in the synthesis of chemical elements. Focusing on how and when the charge equilibration takes place, the zero-sound propagation in femto-scale quantum liquids is explained.

Comments: Review Article to appear in J. Mod. Phys. (accepted). Some revisions are to be made on the publish version