Describing Nuclear Matter with Effective Field Theories
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
An accurate description of nuclear matter starting from free-space nuclear forces has been an elusive goal. The complexity of the system makes approximations inevitable, so the challenge is to find a consistent truncation scheme with controlled errors. The virtues of an effective field theory approach to this problem are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9908005,
title = {Describing Nuclear Matter with Effective Field Theories},
author = {James V. Steele and R. J. Furnstahl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9908005},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of the 15th Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 99), Uppsala, Sweden, June 10-16, 1999; minor change to Eq. 4