Clusters in nuclear matter and Mott points

Abstract

Light clusters (mass number $A\le 4$) in nuclear matter at subsaturation densities are described using a quantum statistical approach. In addition to self-energy and Pauli-blocking, effects of continuum correlations are taken into account to calculate the quasiparticle properties and abundances of light elements. Medium-modified quasiparticle properties are important ingredients to derive a nuclear matter equation of state applicable in the entire region of warm dense matter below saturation density. The influence of the nucleon-nucleon interaction on the quasiparticle shift is discussed.

11 pages, 3 figures

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• Nuclear matter equation of state including few-nucleon correlations $(A\le 4)$