The nuclear symmetry energy in relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock calculations
Abstract
We extend the relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach for nuclear matter to dense neutron matter. Special attention is devoted to contributions arising from tensor interactions due to the exchange of π-and ϱ-mesons and the dependence upon neutron-proton asymmetry. The role of the symmetry energy in studies of beta-stable neutron stars is also discussed.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- December 1987
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- Bibcode:
- 1987PhLB..199..469M