Using an expanded Brueckner–Hartree–Fock (BHF) framework with a phenomenological three-body force (3BF), we study the microscopic characteristics and equation of state (EOS) of symmetric nuclear and neutron matter. Both symmetric nuclear and pure neutron matter are used in the G-matrix computations, which are carried out by adding the 3BF to the initial two-body force (2BF) and employing a partial wave ... Read more

The nuclear equation of state is calculated within the Bethe–Brueckner–Goldstone expansion with the inclusion of three-body forces. Two different realistic and accurate two-body forces are considered, the CD Bonn and the Argonne v18, which give quite different EOS. Surprisingly, the inclusion of the same three-body forces in the calculation produces two EOS's which are close to each other not only ... Read more