Screening Effects in Superfluid Nuclear and Neutron Matter within Brueckner Theory

Abstract

Effects of medium polarization are studied for ${}^1{S}_0$ pairing in neutron and nuclear matter. The screening potential is calculated in the RPA limit, suitably renormalized to cure the low density mechanical instability of nuclear matter. The selfenergy corrections are consistently included resulting in a strong depletion of the Fermi surface. All medium effects are calculated based on the Brueckner theory. The ${}^1{S}_0$ gap is determined from the generalized gap equation. The selfenergy corrections always lead to a quenching of the gap, which is enhanced by the screening effect of the pairing potential in neutron matter, whereas it is almost completely compensated by the antiscreening effect in nuclear matter.

8 pages, 6 Postscript figures

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• ${}^1{S}_0$ superfluid phase--transition in neutron matter with realistic nuclear potentials and modern many--body theories

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