{
  "id": "nucl-th/0102003",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-02-01T19:25:20.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-02-01T19:25:20.000Z",
  "title": "Nuclear matter properties and relativistic mean-field theory",
  "authors": [
    "K. C. Chung",
    "C. S. Wang",
    "A. J. Santiago",
    "J. W. Zhang"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 5 figures",
  "journal": "Eur.Phys.J. A9 (2000) 453-461",
  "doi": "10.1007/s100500070003",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Nuclear matter properties are calculated in the relativistic mean field theory by using a number of different parameter sets. The result shows that the volume energy $a_1$ and the symmetry energy $J$ are around the acceptable values 16MeV and 30MeV respectively; the incompressibility $K_0$ is unacceptably high in the linear model, but assumes reasonable value if nonlinear terms are included; the density symmetry $L$ is around $100MeV$ for most parameter sets, and the symmetry incompressibility $K_s$ has positive sign which is opposite to expectations based on the nonrelativistic model. In almost all parameter sets there exists a critical point $(\\rho_c, \\delta_c)$, where the minimum and the maximum of the equation of state are coincident and the incompressibility equals zero, falling into ranges 0.014fm$^{-3}<\\rho_c<0.039$fm$^{-3}$ and $0.74<\\delta_c\\le0.95$; for a few parameter sets there is no critical point and the pure neutron matter is predicted to be bound. The maximum mass $M_{NS}$ of neutron stars is predicted in the range 2.45M$_\\odot\\leq M_{NS}\\leq 3.26$M$_\\odot$, the corresponding neutron star radius $R_{NS}$ is in the range 12.2km$\\leq R_{NS}\\leq 15.1$km.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-02-01T19:25:20.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nuclear matter properties",
      "relativistic mean-field theory",
      "parameter sets",
      "relativistic mean field theory",
      "neutron star radius"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "European Physical Journal A",
      "year": 2000,
      "volume": 9,
      "number": 4,
      "pages": 453
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 552713,
      "adsabs": "2000EPJA....9..453C"
    }
  }
}