Short range correlations in relativistic nuclear matter models

Joao da Providencia

Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra

Short range correlations are introduced using unitary correlation method in a relativistic approach to the equation of state of the infinite nuclear matter in the framework of the Hartree-Fock approximation. The effect of the correlations in the ground state properties of nuclear matter and neutron matter is studied. It is shown that short range correlations lead to a considerably softer equation of state and to a slower decrease of the effective mass with density..