World Scientific Publishing, International Journal of Modern Physics E, 09(17), p. 1917-1926
DOI: 10.1142/s0218301308010891
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The liquid-gas phase transition in hot neutron-rich nuclear matter is investigated within a self-consistent thermal model using different interactions with or without isospin and/or momentum dependence. The boundary of the phase-coexistence region is shown to be sensitive to the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy as well as the isospin and momentum dependence of the nuclear interaction.