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Screening Effects in Superfluid Nuclear and Neutron Matter within Brueckner Theory

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

Effects of medium polarization are studied for 1S0^1S_0 pairing in neutron and nuclear matter. The screening potential is calculated in the RPA limit, suitably renormalized to cure the low density mechanical instability of nuclear matter. The selfenergy corrections are consistently included resulting in a strong depletion of the Fermi surface. All medium effects are calculated based on the Brueckner theory. The 1S0^1S_0 gap is determined from the generalized gap equation. The selfenergy corrections always lead to a quenching of the gap, which is enhanced by the screening effect of the pairing potential in neutron matter, whereas it is almost completely compensated by the antiscreening effect in nuclear matter.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0608005,
  title  = {Screening Effects in Superfluid Nuclear and Neutron Matter within Brueckner Theory},
  author = {L. G. Cao and U. Lombardo and P. Schuck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0608005},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 6 Postscript figures