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High momentum components in the nuclear symmetry energy

Nuclear Theory 2012-03-27 v2

Abstract

The short-range and tensor correlations associated to realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions induce a population of high-momentum components in the many-body nuclear wave function. We study the impact of such high-momentum components on bulk observables associated to isospin asymmetric matter. The kinetic part of the symmetry energy is strongly reduced by correlations when compared to the non-interacting case. The origin of this behavior is elucidated using realistic interactions with different short-range and tensor structures.

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@article{arxiv.1111.0797,
  title  = {High momentum components in the nuclear symmetry energy},
  author = {Arianna Carbone and Artur Polls and Arnau Rios},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.0797},
  year   = {2012}
}

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15 pages