Optimized delta expansion for relativistic nuclear models

Abstract

The optimized $\delta$-expansion is a nonperturbative approach for field theoretic models which combines the techniques of perturbation theory and the variational principle. This technique is discussed in the $\lambda {\varphi }^4$ model and then implemented in the Walecka model for the equation of state of nuclear matter. The results obtained with the $\delta$ expansion are compared with those obtained with the traditional mean field, relativistic Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximations.

22 pages Latex, 3 ps figures, to appear in Z. Phys. A

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