In-Medium Effective Axial-Vector Coupling Constant

Abstract

The axial-vector coupling constant in nuclear medium is systematically studied using chiral perturbation theory. For normal nuclear matter, the first non-trivial corrections are estimated based on the independent particle approximation taking into account nuclear correlations in nuclear medium. The one-pion-exchange (OPE) two-body interactions turn out to enhance the coupling constant by $\delta g_A/g_A\simeq (0.09 \sim 0.15)$. The role of the four-nucleon contact interaction, whose low-energy constants are yet to be determined, is analyzed in connection with the empirical quenching factor of $\delta g_A/g_A\simeq -0.2$ in the presence of the nuclear short-range correlation. Conventional approaches are discussed in the light of our result.