Abstract
Nuclear matter properties are calculated using the Schierholz and Thompson-GerstenGreen relativistic potentials. The Brueckner equations for nuclear matter are modified to incorporate corresponding relativistic kinematics. It is found that both relativistic and nonrelativistic one-boson exchange potentials yield overbinding and collapse of nuclear matter. By comparing our relativistic results and earlier non-relativistic results, it is shown that the main deficiency of OBE models is not the use of a non-relativistic limit but is rather the lack of a strong intermediate- and short-range tensor force. The proper treatment of 2 π exchange might yield the requisite strong tensor force.
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