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Variational and parquet-diagram calculations for neutron matter. III. S-wave pairing

Nuclear Theory 2021-03-17 v2

Abstract

We apply parquet-diagram summation methods for the calculation of the superfluid gap in SS-wave pairing in neutron matter for realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions such as the Argonne v6v_6 and the Reid v6v_6 potentials. It is shown that diagrammatic contributions that are outside the parquet class play an important role. These are, in variational theories, identified as so-called "commutator contributions". Moreover, using a particle-hole propagator appropriate for a superfluid system results in the suppression of the spin-channel contribution to the induced interaction. Applying these corrections to the pairing interaction, our results agree quite well with Quantum Monte Carlo data.

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@article{arxiv.2010.13194,
  title  = {Variational and parquet-diagram calculations for neutron matter. III. S-wave pairing},
  author = {E. Krotscheck and J. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.13194},
  year   = {2021}
}