A study of nuclear matter using separable potentials

Abstract

The saturation properties of nuclear matter are determined using three different separable potentials. Results found using both second-order Hartree–Fock and an approximate reaction matrix are compared. In the latter method the angle-average approximation is examined. Calculations using the reaction matrix are straightforward and are found to be relatively insensitive to the potential forms and parameter values as long as the low-energy scattering data is satisfied.