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Title: Mean free path in the relativistic mean field

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
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  1. Instituto de Estudo Avancados, Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial, 12231, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

An exact expression for the mean free path in a relativistic description of nuclear matter is given. Corrections due to the spatial nonlocality are calculated. While the latter play a significant role in giving reasonable values for the mean free path in nonrelativistic models, they have minor effects in the relativistic description of the nuclear matter mean field.

OSTI ID:
5098908
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 44:5; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English