[Theory-seminars] reminder: Theory Seminar by Stefano Gandolfi today, Mon., 1:00 pm, room L104

[Bernhard Musch]

Dear all,

we would like to remind you about the theory seminar today:

Theory Center Seminar
Monday, Jan. 31, 2011
1:00 p.m.
CEBAF Center, Room L104
Coffee at 12:45 p.m.

Stefano Gandolfi
Los Alamos National Laboratory

*Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Neutron Matter and Confined Neutrons*

Recent advances in experiments and theory of cold atomic gases, and in
neutron star observations, yield important new insights on the equation 
of state of neutron matter.  At low densities, neutron matter is a 
strongly paired Fermi system, with pairing gaps of up to 1/3 the Fermi 
energy. The equation of state and the properties of inhomogeneous 
neutron matter at low to moderate densities are very important to 
describing the neutron star crust; and microscopic calculations can put 
severe constraints on density functionals used to describe the crust.

At higher densities the EOS plays a critical role in determining the
mass-radius relationship for neutron stars, and is very sensitive to the
three- neutron interaction.  Microscopic calculations with realistic
2- and 3-nucleon interactions make clear predictions for  terrestrial
experiments, giving a definite relation between the energy of neutron
matter at saturation density and its density dependence, and predictions
for astrophysical observations, including the maximum mass and radius
for a neutron star given a specified symmetry energy.

A complete list of upcoming theory seminars and talks from previous
seminars are available from:
http://www.jlab.org/~prokudin/seminars/

Alexei, Berni and Satoshi
JLab Theory Seminar Organizers