Title: A few open questions regarding the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy

Speaker: Prof. Bao-An Li, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Time and place: 16:00, May 17 ( Friday), 2013, Lecture Hall/INPAC

Abstract:

Thanks to the hard work of many people in the nuclear physics and astrophysics community, significant progress has been made in recent years in constraining the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy and its astrophysical impacts. In this talk, I will discuss several open questions to further constrain the symmetry energy especially at supra-saturation densities using new opportunities provided by both terrestrial laboratory experiments and astrophysical observations.

Biography:

Dr. Bao-An Li is currently a Regents’ Professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He received his Ph.D from Michigan State University in 1992 and has held research and /or faculty appointments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Niels Bohr Institute, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Hahn-Meitner-Institute-Berlin, Texas A&M University, Arkansas State University and Texas A&M University-Commerce. He is also a guest professor at several institutions in China. Dr.

Li’s research interested is in nuclear theory and nuclear astrophysics