  Short-range correlations in nuclear and neutron matter are examined through
the properties of the correlated wave function obtained by solving the
Bethe-Goldstone equation. Tensor correlations are explored through the dominant
tensor-driven transition and central correlations through the singlet and
triplet S waves. Predictions from a popular meson-theoretic nucleon-nucleon
potential employed in the Dirac-Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach are compared
with those from two- and three-body high-quality chiral interactions in
Brueckner G-matrix calculations. Short-range correlations in symmetric matter
are remarkably stronger than in neutron matter. It is found that short-range
correlations are very model dependent and have a large impact on the symmetry
energy above normal density.
