Hot and Flowing, Asymmetric Nuclear Matter

We develop a consistent treatment for hot and flowing asymmetric nuclear matter. Using the mean-field theory (MFT), predictions of the σ - ω Walecka model at finite temperature are compared with the corresponding results of the Zimanyi-Moszkowski and the non-linear models. The statistical theory of grand-canonical potentials is incorporated to the formalism. We also describe the behavior, at finite temperature, of the asymmetric and flowing nuclear matter. As an application, we describe bulk properties of neutron and protoneutron stars by considering the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations.