Nuclear matter equation of state including few-nucleon correlations $(A\leq 4)$

Understand

Light clusters (mass number $A \leq 4$) in nuclear matter at subsaturation densities are described using a quantum statistical approach.

• In addition to self-energy and Pauli-blocking, effects of continuum correlations are taken into account to calculate the quasiparticle properties and abundances of light elements.
• Medium-modified quasiparticle properties are important ingredients to derive a nuclear matter equation of state applicable in the entire region of warm dense matter below saturation density.
• Moreover, the contribution of continuum states to the equation of state is considered.