Journal article

Publication year: 1987

Pages: 1-5

Journal: Physics Letters B

Volume number: 185

Issue number: 1-2

ISSN: 0370-2693

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91517-6

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

We present a chiral field theory for nuclear matter purely based on fermionic degrees of freedom. The Nambu-Jona-Lasinio symmetry breaking mechanism is applied in order to obtain a nonvanishing density dependent effective mass of the nucleon. The equation of state is studied at zero temperature. It saturates only if a higher-order scalar-vector fermion self-interaction is included.

Harvard Citation style: Koch, V., Biro, T., Kunz, J. and Mosel, U. (1987) A chirally invariant fermionic field theory for nuclear matter, Physics Letters B, 185(1-2), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91517-6

APA Citation style: Koch, V., Biro, T., Kunz, J., & Mosel, U. (1987). A chirally invariant fermionic field theory for nuclear matter. Physics Letters B. 185(1-2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91517-6