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Title: Properties of dense nuclear and neutron matter with relativistic nucleon-nucleon interactions

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83843 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of Mainz, D-6500 Mainz (Germany)

Within the framework of the Dirac-Brueckner (DB) approach, the properties of dense nuclear and neutron matter are investigated using realistic nucleon-nucleon ({ital NN}) interactions which are derived from relativistic meson-field theory and describe the two-nucleon system quantitatively. Single-particle potentials, equations of state, nucleon effective masses, Landau parameters, and speeds of sound are calculated and analyzed as functions of density, for both nuclear and neutron matter. In the DB approach, the equation of state comes out stiffer than in the most sophisticated nonrelativistic calculation, but softer than in the Walecka model. Possible extensions of the present approach to nucleon-nucleus scattering and nucleus-nucleus collisions are also discussed.

OSTI ID:
7286921
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 45:6; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English