Constraining the nonanalytic terms in the isospin-asymmetry expansion of the nuclear equation of state
arXiv:2012.02163 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064002
Abstract
We examine the properties of the isospin-asymmetry expansion of the nuclear equation of state from chiral two- and three-body forces. We focus on extracting the high-order symmetry energy coefficients that consist of both normal terms (occurring with even powers of the isospin asymmetry) as well as terms involving the logarithm of the isospin asymmetry that are formally nonanalytic around the expansion point of isospin-symmetric nuclear matter. These coefficients are extracted from numerically precise perturbation theory calculations of the equation of state coupled with a new set of finite difference formulas that achieve stability by explicitly removing the effects of higher-order terms in the expansion. We consider contributions to the symmetry energy coefficients from both two- and three-body interactions. It is found that the coefficients of the logarithmic terms are generically larger in magnitude than those of the normal terms from second-order perturbation theory diagrams, but overall the normal terms give larger contributions to the ground state energy. The high-order isospin-asymmetry terms are especially relevant at large densities where they affect the proton fraction in beta-equilibrium matter.
arXiv comment12 pages, 11 figures
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