Abstract
A constrained variational calculation for the binding energy of nuclear matter using the Reid soft core interaction and with tensor correlations treated exactly, is presented. Saturation is achieved at a density given by k F ≈ 1.75 fm −1 with a binding energy of 22 MeV per nucleon. This represents considerably more binding than is obtained in low order Brueckner perturbation calculations or in Pandharipande's lowest order constrained variational approach.
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