Transverse Flow of light clusters in Nuclear Reactions

Heavy-ion reactions induced by neutron-rich nuclei allow us to study the properties of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter, specially the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy. In previous works, light clusters production and their collective flow have been proven to be sensitive to the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy. By means of a coalescence model based on an isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Ulenbeck transport model with a momentum-dependent interaction, we have studied the yield, energy distribution, and transverse flow of light charged particles. We have further used different nuclear symmetry energies in the IBUU model to study their effects on the transverse flow of light charged particles.