In the present work short range correlations are introduced for the first
time in a relativistic approach to the equation of state of the infinite
nuclear matter in the framework of the Hartree-Fock approximation using an
effective Hamiltonian derived from the σ−ω Walecka model. The
unitary correlation method is used to introduce short range correlations. The
effect of the correlations in the ground state properties of the nuclear matter
is discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure