Dense nuclear matter and symmetry energy in strong magnetic fields

The properties of nuclear matter in the presence of a strong magnetic field, including the density-dependent symmetry energy, the chemical composition and spin polarizations, are investigated in the framework of the relativistic mean field models FSUGold. The anomalous magnetic moments (AMM) of the particles and the nonlinear isoscalar–isovector coupling are included. It is found that the parabolic isospin dependence of the energy per nucleon of asymmetric nuclear matter remains valid for the values of magnetic field below image, image being the electron critical field. Accordingly, the symmetry energy can be obtained by the difference of the energy per nucleon in pure neutron matter and that in symmetric matter. The symmetry energy, which is enhanced by the presence of the magnetic field, significantly affects the chemical composition and the proton polarization. The effects of the AMM of each component on the energy per nucleon, symmetry energy, chemical composition and spin polarization are discussed in detail.