Superfluid nuclear matter in BCS theory and beyond

Medium polarization eflects are studied for 1S0 pairing in nuclear matter within BHF approach. The screening potential is calculated in the RPA limit, suitably renormalized to cure the low density mechanical instability of nuclear matter. The self-energy corrections are consistently included resulting in a strong depletion of the Fermi surface. The self-energy effects always lead to a quenching of the gap, whereas it is almost completely compensated by the anti-screening effect in nuclear matter.     

Isospin-dependent relativistic microscopic optical potential in the Dirac Brueckner-Hartree-Fock method

There is growing evidence to suggest that the binding energy of nucleon in nuclear matter comes from a cancellation between large Lorentz scalar and vector potentials[1,2]. The relativistic approach has been of a great success in describing not only the ground state properties of stable nuclei, but also those of exotic nuclei. In the relativistic frame, the spin-orbit coupling can be deduced automatically, which is usually given by hand in the non-relativistic approach. The relativistic method…     

核势和核子有效质量的同位旋相关性

在Dirac Brueckner Hartree-Fock (DBHF)理论框架下研究了核子光学势和核子有效质量的同位旋相关性. 非对称核物质的计算采用了DBHF的核子自能的Dirac结构的新的分解方法, 核子自能的实部是用G矩阵在Hartree-Fock近似下计算得到, 而虚部从极化图得到. 用核子的薛定谔等价势可以得到核子矢量有效质量. 研究表明考虑了核势的能量相关性在丰中子核物质情况下核子矢量有效质量比质子的大.     

Temperature-Dependent Imaginary Part of the Off-Shell Nucleon Self-Energy and the Second Order Correction of Real Part of the Nucleon Self-Energy

The imaginary part of the off-shell nucleon self-energy at finite temperature in nuclear matter, where the polarization and correlation contributions of exchanges of the meson are taken into account, is investigated based on Walecka's meson-nucleon model and thermofield dynamics. The second order correction of temperature-dependent real part of the nucleon self-energy is calculated in terms of the dispersion relation. The Schrodinger equivalent potential of relativistic microscopic optical potential of a nucleon at finite temperature in nuclear medium is also studied.     

Saturation of nuclear matter and realistic interactions

In this communication we study symmetric nuclear matter for the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach, using two realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions (CD-Bonn and Bonn C). The single-particle energy is calculated self-consistently from the real on-shell self-energy. The relation between different expressions for the pressure is studied in cold nuclear matter. For best calculations the self-energy is calculated with the inclusion of hole-hole (hh) propagation. The effects of hh contributions and a self-consistent treatment within the framework of the Green function approach are investigated. Using two different methods, namely, G-matrix and bare potential, the hh term is calculated. We found that using G-matrix brought about non-negligible contribution to the self-energy, but this difference is very small and can be ignored if compared with the large contribution coming from particle-particle term. The contribution of the hh term leads to a repulsive contribution to the Fermi energy which increases with density. For extended Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach the Fermi energy at the saturation point fulfills the Hugenholtz-Van Hove relation.     

Study of the Binding Energy of Relativistic Nuclear Matter in the Relativistic σ-ω-π Model

A relativistic σ-ω-π model is proposed to calculate the binding energy of relativistic nuclear matter. We put emphasis on the relativistic particle-hole, delta-hole excitation of pion propagator in nuclear matter. The renormalization of the nucleon self-energy in nuclear matter is made for the pseudo-vector πNN and πNΔ couplings by introducing corresponding form factor and by dispersion relation. We find that the density dependence correction to meson-NN coupling constants is very important to saturate the binding energy of nuclear matter. The density dependence correction to πNN and πNΔ coupling constants has the effect of softening the EOS of nuclear matter.     

Damping of Single-Particle in Slab Model at Finite Temperature

The temperature dependence of the self-energy of a particle is studied in semi-infinite nuclear matter by making use of interactions constrained by self-consistency. Using the finite temperature Green's function Matsubara formulism, and applying the theory of slab model to the single-particle states in ²⁰⁸Pb, the calculated results show that the imaginary parts of the self-energy of a particle at Fermi energy linearly increase with the increase of temperature.     

Temperature Dependent Relativistic Microscopic Optical Potential and Mean Free Paths of Nucleons

The microscopic optical potential,mean free paths and Schrodinger equivalent potential of nucleons at finite temperature in nuclear matter are studied based on Walecka's model and thermo field dynamics.We let only the Hartree-Fock self-energy of nucleon represent to be the real part of the microscopic optical potential and the fourth order of meson exchange diagrams,i.e. the core polarization represent the imaginary part of microscopic optical potential in nuclear matter.The microscopic optical potential of finite nuclei is obtained with the local density approximation.     

Low density expansion of the nucleon-nucleus optical-model potential

The optical-model potential for nucleon-nucleus scattering is studied within the framework of the Green function approach to the many-body problem. The optical potential is identified with the self-energy, for which an expansion in terms of irreducible graphs exists. We propose to group the diagrams of this expansion according to the number of independent hole lines and to sum the graphs within each class. This procedure essentially amounts to an expansion in powers of the density and is closely related to the Bethe-Brueckner expansion for the binding energy of nuclear matter. We show that the same convergence parameter appears in both expansions. The one-and two-hole line contributions are studied in detail, numerical estimates are provided and compared with experiment. At low energy, our expansion can be related to the calculation of the optical potential within the framework of nuclear reactions (e.g., using doorway states). At high energy one is led in a natural way to the expressions derived from multiple scattering theory. Thus the hole-line expansion ties together the low and high energy domains of the optical potential. Hole line expansions for the momentum distribution and the total energy are derived from the expansion of the self-energy. The self-consistency requirement is discussed. The present study is restricted to nuclear matter but most results apply to finite nuclei as well.     

Correlations and the Dirac structure of the nucleon self-energy

The Dirac structure of the nucleon self-energy in symmetric nuclear matter as well as neutron matter is derived from a realistic meson exchange model for the nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction. It is demonstrated that the effects of correlations on the effective NN interaction in the nuclear medium can be parameterized by means of an effective meson exchange. This analysis leads to a very intuitive interpretation of correlation effects and also provides an efficient parametrization of an effective interaction to be used in relativistic structure calculations for finite nuclei. Received: 29 January 2001 / Accepted: 5 May 2001     

Abnormal nuclear matter and many-body forces

Qualitative aspects of quantum corrections to the Lee-Wick abnormal nuclear matter are studied in terms of many-body forces in the normal nuclear matter implied by the σ-model Lagrangian field theory. Using a simplified model for the scalar meson self-energy in the nuclear medium and restricting to a set of graphs which in non-relativistic normal nuclear matter reduces to the well-known random phase approximation (RPA), we have found that an abnormal nuclear state can be bound or unbound depending upon whether strongly attractive multi-body forces are present or absent in the normal matter. This is in support of our previous result obtained heuristically from some general considerations of quantum corrections. A strongly bound abnormal matter with an equilibrium density of a few times the normal nuclear matter density ρ₀ can be formed if large attractive manybody forces can be accommodated in the normal nuclear matter. However if one accepts the present status of theories of nuclear matter binding energy in which no attractive many-body forces are called for, then the abnormal state can occur only at large densities (perhaps 8 to 10 times ρ₀) and is expected to be unbound by several hundred MeV per particle.     

On the Dirac structure of the nucleon self-energy in nuclear matter

The relativistic structure of the self-energy of a nucleon in nuclear matter is investigated including the imaginary and real components which arise from the terms of first and second order in the NN interaction. A parameterized form of the Brueckner G-matrix is used for the NN interaction. The effects of the terms beyond the DBHF approximation on quasiparticle energies and the optical potential for nucleon-nucleus scattering are discussed.     

η in the nuclear medium within a chiral unitary approach

The s-wave η self-energy in the nuclear medium is calculated in a chiral unitary approach. A coupled channel Bethe–Salpeter equation is solved to obtain the effective ηN interaction in the medium. The base model reproduces well the free space πN elastic and inelastic scattering at the ηN threshold or N^*(1535) region. The Pauli blocking on the nucleons, binding potentials for the baryons and self-energies of the mesons are incorporated, including the η self-energy in a self-consistent way. Our calculation predicts about −54−i29 MeV for the optical potential at normal nuclear matter for an η at threshold but also shows a strong energy dependence of the potential.     

Some Aspects of Nuclear Structure in Relativistic Approach

The nucleon effective interaction in the nuclear medium is investigated in the framework of the DiracBrueckner-Hartree-Fock (DBHF) approach. A new decomposition of the Dirac structure of nucleon self-energy in the DBHF is adopted for asymmetric nuclear matter. The properties of finite nuclei are investigated with the nucleon effective interaction. The agreement with the experimental data is satisfactory. The relativistic microscopic optical potential in asymmetric nuclear matter is investigated in the DBHF approach. The proton scattering from nuclei is calculated and compared with the experimental data. A proper treatment of the resonant continuum for exotic nuclei is studied. The width effect of the resonant continuum on the pairing correlation is discussed. The quasiparticle relativistic random phase approximation based on the relativistic mean-field ground state in the response function formalism is also addressed.     

QCD sum rule for nucleon in nuclear matter

We consider the two-point function of nucleon current in nuclear matter and write a QCD sum rule to analyse the residue of the nucleon pole as a function of nuclear density. The nucleon self-energy needed for the sum rule is taken as input from calculations using phenomenological N N potential. Our result shows a decrease in the residue with increasing nuclear density, as is known to be the case with similar quantities.     

Some Aspects of Nuclear Structure in Relativistic Approach

The nucleon effective interaction in the nuclear medium is investigated in the framework of the DiracBrueckner-Hartree-Fock (DBHF) approach. A new decomposition of the Dirac structure of nucleon self-energy in the DBHF is adopted for asymmetric nuclear matter. The properties of finite nuclei are investigated with the nucleon effective interaction. The agreement with the experimental data is satisfactory. The relativistic microscopic optical potential in asymmetric nuclear matter is investigated in the DBHF approach. The proton scattering from nuclei is calculated and compared with the experimental data. A proper treatment of the resonant continuum for exotic nuclei is studied. The width effect of the resonant continuum on the pairing correlation is discussed. The quasiparticle relativistic random phase approximation based on the relativistic mean-field ground state in the response function formalism is also addressed.     

The nuclear symmetry energy from relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock model

The microscopic mechanisms of the symmetry energy in nuclear matter are investigated in the framework of the relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (RBHF) model with a high-precision realistic nuclear potential, pvCDBonn A. The kinetic energy and potential contributions to symmetry energy are decomposed. They are explicitly expressed by the nucleon self-energies, which are obtained through projecting the G-matrices from the RBHF model into the terms of Lorentz covariants. The nuclear medium effects on the nucleon self-energy and nucleon-nucleon interaction in symmetry energy are discussed by comparing the results from the RBHF model and those from Hartree-Fock and relativistic Hartree-Fock models. It is found that the nucleon self-energy including the nuclear medium effect on the single-nucleon wave function provides a largely positive contribution to the symmetry energy, while the nuclear medium effect on the nucleon-nucleon interaction, i.e., the effective G-matrices provides a negative contribution. The tensor force plays an essential role in the symmetry energy around the density. The scalar and vector covariant amplitudes of nucleon-nucleon interaction dominate the potential component of the symmetry energy. Furthermore, the isoscalar and isovector terms in the optical potential are extracted from the RBHF model. The isoscalar part is consistent with the results from the analysis of global optical potential, while the isovector one has obvious differences at higher incident energy due to the relativistic effect.     

The mass of a bound Δ-isobar

The properties of the Δ -isobar when bound in the nuclear medium are studied. The pionnucleon resonance nature of the Δ -isobar yields self-energy corrections, i.e., an energy- and medium-dependent mass and, above pion-production threshold, an energy- and medium-dependent width. Their importance on nucleon-nucleon scattering, the three-nucleon bound state and nuclear matter are discussed. Other effects arising from the resonance nature of the Δ -isobar are the retardation of the two-body interaction, three-nucleon forces and e.m. exchange currents.