Variational calculation of nuclear matter
Abstract
The lowest-order variational method with short-range correlations restricted to nearest neighbours is extended to treat the tensor force in nuclear matter. Calculations based on the soft-core Reid potential give -9.8 MeV binding energy per nucleon at equilibrium kF = 1.43 fm -1. The nuclear matter results from kF = 0.7 to 1.8 fm -1 are in very close agreement with those of the Brueckner-Bethe calculations.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics A
- Pub Date:
- February 1972
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9474(72)90899-8
- Bibcode:
- 1972NuPhA.181...33P