Nuclear and neutron matter $G$-matrix calculations with Ch-EFT potential including effects of three-nucleon interaction

Abstract

Energies of symmetric nuclear matter and neutron matter are evaluated in the lowest order Bruekner theory using the Ch-EFT potential including effects of the three-nucleon force (3NF). The 3NF is first reduced to density-dependent nucleon-nucleon (NN) force by folding single-nucleon degrees of freedom in infinite matter. Adding the reduced NN force to the initial NN force and applying a partial-wave expansion, we perform $G$-matrix calculations in pure neutron matter as well as in symmetric nuclear. We obtain the saturation curve which is close to the empirical one. It is explicitly shown that the cutoff-energy dependence of the calculated energies is substantially reduced by including the 3NF. Characters of the 3NF contributions in separate spin and isospin channels are discussed. Calculated energies of the neutron matter are very similar to those used in the literature for considering neutron star properties.