Published 2000 | Version v1
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A brief introduction to chiral perturbation theory

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States)

Description

A brief introduction to the subject of chiral perturbation theory (χpt) is presented, including a discussion of effective field theory and applications of χpt in the arena of purely mesonic interactions as well as in the πN sector. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Czechoslovak Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
Suppl.S4
Journal Page Range
p. 9-23
ISSN
0011-4626

Conference

Title
TAPS '99 - TAPS Workshop V 'Electromagnetic and mesonic probes of nuclear matter'
Dates
4-8 Sep 1999
Place
Prague (Czech Republic)

INIS

Country of Publication
Czech Republic
Country of Input or Organization
Czech Republic
INIS RN
32025390
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CHIRALITY; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY

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Notes
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