A variational calculation of nuclear matter binding with the Reid potential

J. C. Owen, R.F. Bishop, John Maxwell Irvine

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    Abstract

    A constrained variational calculation for the binding energy of nuclear matter using the Reid soft core interaction and with tensor correlations treated exactly, is presented. Saturation is achieved at a density given by kF ≈ 1.75 fm-1 with a binding energy of 22 MeV per nucleon. This represents considerably more binding than is obtained in low order Brueckner perturbation calculations or in Pandharipande's lowest order constrained variational approach.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)147-150
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysics Letters B
    Volume61
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1976

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