A treatment of renormalization, potential energy of intermediate states and re-arrangement effects in brueckner calculations of closed shell nuclei

In the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory of finite nuclei, the problems of renormalization, potential energy of intermediate states and re-arrangement effects are examined. For practical calculations it is shown that satisfactory solutions to them can be obtained if the parametrization chosen for the single-particle potential in finite nuclei is linked closely to nuclear matter results. We make the link with similar problems in the density dependent Hartree-Fock theory and emphasize the possibility of such a parametrization by recalling the existence of a formal solution for the Hartree-Fock single-particle potential if the effective interaction is of the δ-function type. A method of solution of the Bethe-Goldstone equation is then presented which separates the intermediate states into those of an “open shell” and of a “continuum”. Finally results of model calculations of 16O and 40Ca with harmonic oscillator functions are presented in which the parametrization chosen for the BHF single-particle potential is taken from the Skyrme-Vautherin δ-function force. A self-consistent determination of certain parameters of this form of force leads to values in close agreement with the empirical estimate made by Vautherin and Brink in 16O, with the exception of the spin-orbit splittings. Limitations and possible improvements of this type of approach are discussed for 40Ca.