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In the present work we discuss the modifications of infinite nuclear matter properties. The modifications are performed in the framework of the in-medium modified Skyrme model. The model is developed to study the properties of in-medium nucleons and nucleonic systems. The mesonic sector of the model contains the nonlinear pion fields propagating in the nuclear medium. The properties of in-medium pions are defined by the pion-nucleus optical potential. The isospin-breaking part of the optical potential and the isospin-breaking effects in the mesonic sector generate the isospin-breaking effects in the baryonic sector. Further, the isospin-breaking effects in the baryonic sector are related to the asymmetric-matter properties. First, we discuss the binding energy per nucleon and the bulk properties of the isospin-symmetric nuclear matter. Then, we include the isospin-breaking effects and discuss the asymmetric-matter properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Isospin-breaking effects in nuclear matter are studied in the framework of a medium-modified Skyrme model. The proposed effective Lagrangian incorporates both the medium influence of the surrounding nuclear environment on the single nucleon properties and an explicit isospin-breaking effect in the mesonic sector. The approach predicts that the neutron-proton mass difference decreases in isospin-symmetric nuclear matter but by a very small amount only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]