Symmetry (Nov 2021)

Symmetry Energy and the Pauli Exclusion Principle

  • Claudio O. Dorso,
  • Guillermo Frank,
  • Jorge A. López

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112116
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 11
p. 2116

Abstract

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In this article we present a classical potential that respects the Pauli exclusion principle and can be used to describe nucleon-nucleon interactions at intermediate energies. The potential depends on the relative momentum of the colliding nucleons and reduces interactions at low momentum transfer mimicking the Pauli exclusion principle. We use the potential with Metropolis Monte Carlo methods and study the formation of finite nuclei and infinite systems. We find good agreement in terms of the binding energies, radii, and internal nucleon distribution of finite nuclei, and the binding energy in nuclear matter and neutron star matter, as well as the formation of nuclear pastas, and the symmetry energy of neutron star matter.

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