Open AccessStudy of the Half-Diagonal Two-Body Density Matrix of Model Nuclear Matter
Author(s) -
Μ. Petraki,
E. Mavrommatis,
J. W. Clark
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hnps advances in nuclear physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2654-0088
pISSN - 2654-007X
DOI - 10.12681/hnps.2916
Subject(s) - nuclear matter , physics , diagonal , fermi gamma ray space telescope , fermi gas , matrix (chemical analysis) , statistical physics , scattering , condensed matter physics , electron , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , mathematics , materials science , nucleon , geometry , composite material
The half-diagonal two-body density matrix ρ_{2h}/i(r1,r2,r') plays a central role in most theoretical treatments of the propagation of ejected nucléons and their final state interactions (FSI) in the nuclear medium. In this work based on the analysis of Ristig and Clark, we present the results of a Fermi hypernetted-chain calculation ρ_{2h}/i(r1,r2,r') for infinite symmetrical nuclear matter using a Jastrow-correlated model. The dependence of ρ_{2h} on the variables involved has been investigated in detail. Significant departures from ideal Fermi gas behavior in certain domains demonstrate the importance of short-range correlations. A comparison of our results with the predictions of Silver's approximation to ρ_{2h}, which has been employed in some treatments of FSI, reveals certain shortcomings of this approximation. The Fermi hypernetted-chain results obtained here will serve as a key input to an approximate treatment of FSI in inclusive quasielastic electron scattering from nuclear matter.