Abstract

A survey of pairing properties of nucleonic matter is presented that includes the off-shell propagation associated with short-range and tensor correlations. For this purpose, the gap equation has been solved in its most general form employing the complete energy and momentum dependence of the normal self-energy contributions. The latter correlations include the self-consistent calculation of the nucleon self-energy that is generated by the summation of ladder diagrams. This treatment preserves the conservation of particle number unlike approaches in which the self-energy is based on the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approximation. A huge reduction in the strength as well as temperature and density range of ${}^3S_1$-${}^3D_1$ pairing is obtained for nuclear matter as compared to the standard BCS treatment. Similar dramatic results pertain to ${}^1S_0$ pairing of neutrons in neutron matter.

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