Keywords:
Nuclear matter.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Authored by two of the most respected experts in this field, this book provides an up-to-date account of developments in nuclear matter theory and a critical comparison of the existing theoretical approaches in the field.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (168 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351175333
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6191901
DDC:
539.70000000000005
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Nuclear Matter in Atomic Nuclei -- 1.2 Nuclear Matter in Neutron Stars -- Chapter 2: Nuclear Dynamics -- 2.1 The Paradigm of Many-Body Theory -- 2.2 Empirical Facts on Nuclear Forces -- 2.3 Phenomenological Potentials -- 2.3.1 The Nucleon-Nucleon Potential -- 2.3.2 Three-Nucleon Forces -- 2.4 Boson-Exchange Potentials -- 2.5 Potentials Based on Chiral Lagrangians -- Chapter 3: Nuclear Matter Properties -- 3.1 The Fermi Gas Model -- 3.1.1 Energy-Density and Pressure of the Degenerate Fermi Gas -- 3.1.2 Transition to the Relativistic Regime -- 3.1.3 Extension to Non-Zero Temperature -- 3.2 The Equation of State -- 3.2.1 Equation of State of Cold Nuclear Matter -- 3.2.2 Symmetry Energy -- 3.2.3 Pressure -- 3.3 Single-Nucleon Properties -- 3.3.1 Green's Function and Spectral Function -- Chapter 4: Nuclear Matter Theory -- 4.1 The Mean-Field Approximation -- 4.1.1 Limits of the Mean-Field Approximation -- 4.2 Renormalisation of the Nn Interaction -- 4.3 G-Matrix Perturbation Theory -- 4.4 The Jastrow Variational Approach -- 4.4.1 Cluster Expansion -- 4.4.2 Kinetic Energy -- 4.4.3 Low-Order Variational Calculation of Nuclear Matter Energy -- 4.5 Advanced Perturbative Methods -- 4.5.1 Coupled Cluster Method -- 4.5.2 Self-Consistent Green's Function Method -- 4.6 Monte Carlo Methods -- 4.6.1 Variational Monte Carlo -- 4.6.2 Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo -- 4.7 Relativity -- 4.7.1 Boost Corrections to the Nucleon-Nucleon Potential -- 4.7.2 Dirac-Brueckner Formalism -- 4.7.3 Relativistic Mean-Field Approximation -- Chapter 5: Advanced Variational Methods -- 5.1 Correlated Basis Functions Theory -- 5.2 Hyper-Netted-Chain Summation Scheme -- 5.2.1 Fermi Hyper-Netted Chain -- 5.2.2 RFHNC Equations.
,
5.3 Extension to Spin-isospin Dependent Correlations -- 5.3.1 Diagrammatic Rules -- 5.3.2 RFHNC/SOC Approximation -- 5.3.3 Determination of the Correlation Functions -- 5.3.4 Applications to the Study of Nuclear Matter Properties -- 5.4 CBF Effective Interaction -- Chapter 6: Neutron Stars -- 6.1 Neutron Star Formation -- 6.2 Neutron Star Structure -- 6.2.1 Crust Region -- 6.2.2 Core Region -- 6.3 Equation of State of Neutron Star Matter -- 6.4 Hydrostatic Equilibrium -- 6.4.1 The Equations of Tolman, Oppenheimer and Volkoff -- Chapter 7: Constraints from Astrophysical Data -- 7.1 Measurements of Mass and Radius -- 7.2 Neutrino Emission and Cooling -- 7.3 Gravitational-Wave Observations -- 7.3.1 Neutron Star Merger -- 7.3.2 Quasi-Normal Modes -- Outlook -- Appendix A: Two- and Three-Body Cluster Contributions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Permalink
