2007/03/01 by M. Baldo, M Baldo, C. Maieron +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Baryon #Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) #Equation of state #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear data #Nuclear density #Nuclear matter #Nuclear physics research studies #Nuclear structure #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #State (computer science) #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/34/5/r01
published as J.Phys.G34:R243,2007 · 51 pages, to appear in J. Phys. G as Topical Review
arxiv created 2007/03/01 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A central issue in the theory of astrophysical compact objects and heavy ion reactions at intermediate and relativistic energies is the Nuclear Equation of State (EoS). On one hand, the large and expanding set of experimental and observational data is expected to constrain the behaviour of the nuclear EoS, especially at density above saturation, where it is directly linked to fundamental processes which can occur in dense matter. On the other hand, theoretical predictions for the EoS at high density can be challenged by the phenomenological findings. In this topical review paper we present the many-body theory of nuclear matter as developed along different years and with different methods. Only nucleonic degrees of freedom are considered. We compare the different methods at formal level, as well as the final EoS calculated within each one of the considered many-body schemes. The outcome of this analysis should help in restricting the uncertainty of the theoretical predictions for the nuclear EoS.