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A Perspective on Hadron Physics

Nuclear Theory 2010-03-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The phenomena of confinement and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking are basic to understanding hadron observables. They can be explored using Dyson-Schwinger equations. The existence of a systematic, nonperturbative and symmetry preserving truncation of these equations enables the proof of exact results in QCD, and their illustration using simple but accurate models. We provide a sketch of the material qualitative and quantitative success that has been achieved in the study of pseudoscalar and vector mesons. Efforts are now turning to the study of baryons, which we exemplify via a calculation of nucleon weak and pionic form factors.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0604029,
  title  = {A Perspective on Hadron Physics},
  author = {Arne Hoell and Craig D. Roberts and Stewart V. Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0604029},
  year   = {2010}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of the "Xth Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields," Morelia, Mexico, 6-12 Nov. 2005