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Title: Effective interaction for relativistic mean-field theories of nuclear structure

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)

We construct an effective interaction, which when treated in a relativistic Hartree-Fock approximation, reproduces rather accurately the nucleon self-energy in nuclear matter and the Migdal parameters obtained via relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock calculations. This effective interaction is constructed by adding Born terms, describing the exchange of pseudoparticles, to the Born terms of the Dirac-Hartree-Fock analysis. The pseudoparticles have relatively large masses and either real or imaginary coupling constants. (For example, exchange of a pseudo-sigma with an imaginary coupling constant has the effect of reducing the scalar attraction arising from sigma exchange while exchange of a pseudo-omega with an imaginary coupling constant has the effect of reducing the repulsion arising from omega exchange. The terms beyond the Born term in the case of pion exchange are well simulated by pseudo-sigma exchange with a real coupling constant.) The effective interaction constructed here may be used for calculations of the properties of finite nuclei in a relativistic Hartree-Fock approximation.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Center for Nuclear Theory, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210
OSTI ID:
6476303
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Vol. 35:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English