Microscopic calculations of transport properties of neutron matter

We discuss the results of calculations of the shear viscosity and thermal conductivity of pure neutron matter, carried out within the Landau-Abrikosov-Khalatnikov formalism. The probability of neutron-neutron collisions in the nuclear medium has been obtained from a realistic potential, using both t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. C, Nuclear physics Nuclear physics, 2010-02, Vol.81 (2), Article 024305
Hauptverfasser: Benhar, Omar, Polls, Artur, Valli, Marco, Vidaña, Isaac
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Zusammenfassung:We discuss the results of calculations of the shear viscosity and thermal conductivity of pure neutron matter, carried out within the Landau-Abrikosov-Khalatnikov formalism. The probability of neutron-neutron collisions in the nuclear medium has been obtained from a realistic potential, using both the correlated basis function and the G-matrix approach. The results of our work indicate that medium modifications of nucleon-nucleon scattering are large, their inclusion leading to a dramatic enhancement of the transport coefficients. On the other hand, the results obtained from the two theoretical schemes appear to be in fairly good agreement.
ISSN:0556-2813
1089-490X
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.81.024305