Classical simulation of nuclear systems

Abstract

With a view towards nuclear collisions at intermediate energies, we develop a microscopic nuclear model based on classical nucleons interacting via a momentum-dependent Pauli repulsion, a modified Lennard-Jones nuclear interaction, and a standard Coulomb repulsion. The ensuing model approximates well the energy per nucleon in nuclear matter over a broad range of temperatures and densities (including the saturation energy and density and the compressibility), as well as the sizes and binding energies of finite nuclei.