“…It is well known that the energies of the compression modes, the isoscalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) and isoscalar giant dipole resonance (ISGDR), are very sensitive to the value of K NM [1,3,8]. Also the energies of the isovector giant resonances, in particular, the isovector giant dipole resonance (IVGDR), are sensitive to the density dependence of E sym [9,10], commonly parameterized in terms of the quantities J, L and K sym , which are the value of E sym (ρ) at saturation density (also known as symmetry energy coefficient), and the quantities directly related to the derivative and the curvature of E sym (ρ) at the saturation density, respectively. Furthermore, information on the density dependence of E sym can also be obtained by studying the isotopic dependence of strength functions, such as the difference between the strength functions of 40 Ca and 48 Ca and between 112 Sn and 124 Sn.…”