Antisymmetrized random phase approximation for quasielastic scattering in nuclear matter: Non-relativistic potentials

Many-body techniques for the calculation of quasielastic nuclear matter response functions in the fully antisymmetrized random phase approximation on a Hartree-Fock basis are discussed in detail. The methods presented here allow for an accurate evaluation of the response functions with little numerical effort. Formulae are given for a generic non-relativistic potential parameterized in terms of meson exchanges; on the other hand, relativistic kinematical effects have been accounted for.