Calculation of Single-Particle Energies in the Theory of Nuclear Matter

The rearrangement energy corrections to the single-particle energies have been evaluated, using the procedure of Brueckner and Goldman. The shift is shown to be due largely to the second- and third-order rearrangement energy diagrams, the corrected energy at the Fermi surface now nearly agreeing with the mean binding energy.The change of the single-particle energies of virtual excitations due to rearrangement effects is also determined and shown to shift the mean binding energy by 1.5 Mev.