Abstract
A finite-temperature density-dependent Hartree-Fock method is formulated starting from a variational principle for the thermodynamic potential. Based on this method, we have carried out a nuclear-matter calculation using the Gogny D1 finite-range effective interaction. The equation of state and several other thermal properties of nuclear matter so obtained are found to be rather similar to those given by the Skyrme SkM ∗ interaction. The critical temperature and density for the liquid-gas phase transition of nuclear matter are found to be 15.1 MeV and 0.05 fm −3, respectively. The effect of the finite-temperature rearrangement potential is discussed
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