Abstract
Using an energy density functional (EDF) based on the thermodynamic Gibbs-Duhem relation, found equivalent to the standard Skyrme EDF for infinite nuclear matter, it is demonstrated that the parameters of this EDF are not uniquely determined from the fit of the empirical and theoretical data related to nuclear matter. This prevents an unambiguous determination of the nucleon effective mass and its isovector splitting . Complementary information from dipole polarizability of atomic nuclei helps in removing this ambiguity and plausible values of and can be arrived at. Presently considered fit data on infinite nuclear matter and dipole polarizability of finite nuclei yield and . This EDF is consistent with the constraint on the maximum mass of the neutron star.
- Received 9 May 2018
- Revised 28 September 2018
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.064316
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