prof. Bengt Friman, Techn. Universitat Darmstadt

Nuclear matter: a fresh view at an old problem

A novel microscopic approach to the nuclear matter problem based on the renormalization group is presented and the prospects for a perturbative approach to bulk properties are examined. Furthermore, calculations of the equation of state are reported and renormalization of the pairing gaps in neutron matter is discussed. Consequences for the cooling of neutron stars are also presented.