@article{3073320,
    title = "Asymmetry dependence of the nuclear caloric curve",
    author = "McIntosh, A.B. and Bonasera, A. and Cammarata, P. and Hagel, K. and Heilborn, L. and Kohley, Z. and Mabiala, J. and May, L.W. and Marini, P. and Raphelt, A. and Souliotis, G.A. and Wuenschel, S. and Zarrella, A. and Yennello, S.J.",
    journal = "Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics",
    year = "2013",
    volume = "719",
    number = "4-5",
    pages = "337-340",
    doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2012.12.073",
    abstract = "A basic feature of the nuclear equation of state is not yet understood: the dependence of the nuclear caloric curve on the neutron-proton asymmetry. Predictions of theoretical models differ on the magnitude and even the sign of this dependence. In this work, the nuclear caloric curve is examined for fully reconstructed quasi-projectiles around mass A= 50. The caloric curve extracted with the momentum quadrupole fluctuation thermometer shows that the temperature varies linearly with quasi-projectile asymmetry N-ZA. An increase in asymmetry of 0.15 units corresponds to a decrease in temperature on the order of 1 MeV. These results also highlight the importance of a full quasi-projectile reconstruction in the study of thermodynamic properties of hot nuclei. © 2013 Elsevier B.V."
}