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Effective Field Theory and High-Precision Calculations of Nuclear Electroweak Processes

Nuclear Theory 2010-12-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

High-precision calculations of electroweak processes in light nuclei are of great importance for multiple reasons. Gerry Brown together with Dan-Olof Riska published in 1972 a famous calculation on radiative capture of a thermal neutron on a proton, and their work was a precursor of subsequent great developments in high-precision calculations of electroweak processes in light nuclei. The application of effective field theory to nuclear systems is a prominent example of these developments. We present an overview of it with main emphasis placed on those topics in which we ourselves have been involved.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4919,
  title  = {Effective Field Theory and High-Precision Calculations of Nuclear Electroweak Processes},
  author = {Kuniharu Kubodera and Mannque Rho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4919},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

25 pages, contribution to the Festschrift for Gerry Brown, more typos corrected