English

Goldstone Bosons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The paper concerns the effective field theory methods used to study the low energy structure of systems with a spontaneously broken symmetry. I first explain how the method works in the context of quantum chromodynamics and then discuss a few general aspects, related to the universality of effective theories. In particular, I compare some of the effective field theories used in condensed matter physics with those relevant for particle physics. (Talk given at the Bose Conference, Jan.94, Calcutta, BUTP 94/17)

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9409422,
  title  = {Goldstone Bosons},
  author = {H. Leutwyler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9409422},
  year   = {2007}
}