The Nuclear Equation of State at high densities

Abstract

Ab inito calculations for the nuclear many-body problem make predictions for the density and isospin dependence of the nuclear equation-of-state (EOS) far away from the saturation point of nuclear matter. I compare predictions from microscopic and phenomenological approaches. Constraints on the EOS derived from heavy ion reactions, in particular from subthreshold kaon production, as well as constraints from neutron stars are discussed.

Comments: Invited lecture given at the International Summer School on "Collective Motion and Phase Transitions in Nuclear Systems", Predeal, Romania, September 2006. To appear in World Scientific