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The Relativistic Dirac-Brueckner Approach to Nuclear Matter

Nuclear Theory 2017-01-25 v2

Abstract

An overview on the relativistic Dirac-Brueckner approach to the nuclear many-body problem is given. Different approximation schemes are discussed, with particular emphasis on the nuclear self-energy and the saturation mechanism of nuclear matter. I will further discuss extensions of the standard approach, amongst other things the inclusion of non-nucleonic degrees of freedom, many-body forces and finally compare relativistic and non-relativistic approaches.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0309003,
  title  = {The Relativistic Dirac-Brueckner Approach to Nuclear Matter},
  author = {Christian Fuchs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0309003},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

28 pages, 12 figs, ref. added, invited lecture at 307. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, "Relativistic Structure Models for the Physics of Radioactive Nuclear Beams," May 12-16, 2003, Bad Honnef, Germany