In-Medium Hadronic Interactions and the Nuclear Equation of State

Abstract

Microscopic studies of nuclear matter under diverse conditions of density and asymmetry are of great contemporary interest. Concerning terrestrial applications, they relate to future experimental facilities that will make it possible to study systems with extreme neutron-to-proton ratio. In this talk, I will review recent efforts of my group aimed at exploring nuclear interactions in the medium through the nuclear equation of state (EoS). The approach we take is microscopic and relativistic, with the predicted EoS properties derived from realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials. I will also discuss work in progress. Most recently, we completed a DBHF calculation of the $\Lambda$ hyperon binding energy in nuclear matter.Comment: Talk given at the International Symposium on Exotic States of Nuclear Matter, Catania (Italy), June 11-15, 2007. 9 pages, 5 figure