Abstract
The critical temperature for -particle condensation in nuclear matter with Fermi surface imbalance between protons and neutrons is determined. The in-medium four-body Schrödinger equation, generalizing the Thouless criterion of the BCS transition, is applied using a Hartree-Fock wave function for the quartet projected onto zero total momentum in matter with different chemical potentials for protons and neutrons.
- Received 24 June 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.034322
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