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The equation of state of nuclear matter is predicted in analogy with a universal form recently observed to hold for other self-bound systems. This approach was suggested by two findings. First, the spin-isospin-averaged realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction potential is observed to be of the universal form in the region of strong bonding. Secondly, a resulting relation between the cohesive and surface energy is shown to hold for nuclear matter as well as metals and the electron-hole liquid.
Rose et al. (1984) studied this question.