Thesymmetryenergy,whichgovernsmanyphysicalphenomenafromthestructureofexoticnucleitoastrophysicalprocesses,hasmanyramificationsinbothnuclearphysicsandastrophysics.Althoughnuclearsymmetryenergyanditsslopeatthenormaldensityofnuclearmatterhavebeenroughlypinneddown,recentinterpretationsofFOPIandFOPI-LANDdatabydifferenttransportmodelsleadtopergentconclusionsonthedensity-dependentsymmetryenergyatsupradensities.
