Sala Seminarios IFIC (Edf. Institutos de Investigación)
Sala Seminarios IFIC
Edf. Institutos de Investigación
Descripción
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.