Date : September, 7th      Time : Thursday, 4-5pm      Place : Seminar room: Science 103

Title : Microscopic effective interactions in neutron-rich matter

Speaker : Dr. Plamen G. Krastev

Affiliation :Department of Physics, TAMU-Commerce

Abstract :

One of the most important and challenging problems in both theoretical and experimental nuclear physics is to understand properties of matter under the extreme conditions of density and pressure. Such environment can be produced, for instance, under laboratory conditions via energetic heavy-ion collisions or can be found in astrophysical systems such as interior of neutron stars. In both cases predictions rely heavily on the equation of state (EOS), which is the relationship among several state variables, such as pressure, density and temperature. In this talk, we will report the latest results on investigating the EOS using realistic nuclear forces within the Dirac-Brueckner-Hartree-Fock framework. Applications of these results in understanding the masses, radii and spin polarization of neutron stars will be discussed.

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