Role of Hyperon Negative Energy Sea in Nuclear Matter

Abstract

We have examined the contribution of the filled negative energy sea of hyperons to the energy/particle in nuclear matter at the one and two loop levels. While this has the potential to be significant, we find a strong cancellation between the one and two loop contributions for our chosen parameters so that hyperon effects can be justifiably neglected.

Comments: 12 pages, latex, 1 simple figure attached at end (regular postscript)