Nuclear matter with three-body forces from self-consistent spectral calculations

TL;DR

This paper investigates how three-body nuclear forces influence the properties of nuclear matter by employing self-consistent spectral calculations within the T-matrix framework.

Contribution

It introduces a method to incorporate three-body forces into self-consistent spectral calculations of nuclear matter.

Findings

Three-body forces significantly affect nucleon self-energies.

Spectral functions are modified by three-body interactions.

Equation of state is sensitive to three-body force inclusion.

Abstract

We calculate the equation of state of nuclear matter in the self-consistent T-matrix scheme including three-body nuclear interactions. We study the effect of the three-body force on the self-energies and spectral functions of nucleons in medium.