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9]. The relativistic mean-field equations are solved self-consistently for the closed-shell nuclei 16 O, 40 Ca, 48 Ca, 88 Sr, and 208 Pb, and also in the nuclear matter limit. 41). The full set of {X (i) } comprised 29 calculated and empirical values. 10]. 1. To simplify the initial discussion, we restrict consideration to infinite nuclear matter. 8] EMFT [Φ, W ; ρB ] = W ρB + + 1 gs2 4 (2π)3 kF d3k k2 + M ∗ 2 0 1 κ3 Φ κ4 Φ2 + + 2 3! M 4! gv2 where kF is the Fermi wavenumber, ρB ≡ 2kF3 /3π 2 , and Φ ≡ gs φ0 = M − M ∗ and W ≡ gv V0 are the scaled fields defined earlier in terms of the scalar and vector mean fields φ0 and V0 .
8]. See Fig. 6, below. 2 Covariant Effective Field Theory + gs φ 1 2 ζ0 gv2 (Vµ V µ ) + 1 + ηρ 4! M − m2s φ2 1 κ3 gs φ κ4 gs2 φ2 + + 2 3! M 4! 3) where the nucleon, pion, sigma, omega, and rho fields are denoted by N , π, φ, Vµ , and ρµ ≡ 12 τ ·ρµ , respectively, Vµν ≡ ∂µ Vν − ∂ν Vµ , and σ µν ≡ 2i [γ µ , γ ν ]. The trace “Tr” is in the 2 × 2 isospin space. 6) vµν ≡ ∂µ vν − ∂ν vµ + i[vµ , vν ] = −i[aµ , aν ] . 8) where the covariant derivative is defined by Dµ ρν ≡ ∂µ ρν + i[vµ , ρν ] . 9) The antisymmetric combination of derivatives in ρµν implies that the timelike components ρa0 of the rho field have no conjugate momenta and are thus determined by equations of constraint, as appropriate for a massive vector field with three dynamical degrees of freedom.
Density functional theory (DFT), which has been widely used in atomic and condensed-matter physics, allows us to describe the nuclear many-body system with a universal energy functional that depends on nuclear densities and four-vector currents. In principle, knowledge of the full energy functional allows us to calculate any observable for the (zero-temperature) many-body system; moreover, a simplified treatment of the functional based on quasiparticle orbitals still provides an exact description of bulk nuclear properties and some single-particle observables.