Semiclassical Description of Nuclear Matter According to the Walecka and the ZimanyiMoszkowski Model

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1999

Authors

F. Salzedas (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Physics of Atomic Nuclei

Vol. 62 No. 2

Initial page: 186

ISSN: 1063-7788

Publisher: Pleiades Publishing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics

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Abstract (EN): The surface properties of nuclear matter that are predicted by the Walecka and the Zimanyi–Mosz- kowski model are compared and discussed within the semiclassical approximation. The critical radius of cold nuclear-matter droplets is also investigated. Owing to the lower value of the nuclear-matter incompressibility, the Zimanyi–Moszkowski model provides a better description of nuclear matter. It is found that the semiclas- sical approximation yields very good results in relation to those obtained from more sophisticated calculations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific