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Relativistic model of interacting nucleons and mesons

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., C; (United States)
We construct a relativistic model of interacting nucleons and mesons. The character of the model is phenomenological in that we make extensive use of the relativistic quasipotentials obtained in the study of the one-boson-exchange model of nuclear forces. We show that in the static limit for the meson field we can derive a relativistic version of the Bethe-Brueckner theory of nuclear matter. (The corrections due to the nonstatic aspects of the field are expected to be small.) The method may be extended to provide a basis for a relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory of finite nuclei.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Institute for Nuclear Theory, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210
OSTI ID:
6436351
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., C; (United States) Vol. 23:5; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English