Effects of Meson Mass Decrease on Superfluidity in Nuclear Matter

Abstract

We calculate the ${}^1{S}_0$ pairing gap in nuclear matter by adopting the "in-medium Bonn potential" proposed by Rapp et al. [e-print nucl-th/9706006], which takes into account the in-medium meson mass decrease, as the particle-particle interaction in the gap equation. The resulting gap is significantly reduced in comparison with the one obtained by adopting the original Bonn potential.

Comments: 10 pages, 3 figures, uses elsart. Text has been revised. To appear in Phys. Lett. B