Introduction to chiral symmetry in QCD
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2017-03-29 v1
Abstract
The main aspects of chiral symmetry in QCD are presented. The necessity of its spontaneous breakdown is explained. Some low-energy theorems are reviewed. The role of chiral effective Lagrangians in the formulation and realization of chiral perturbation theory is emphasized. The consequences of the presence of anomalies are sketched.
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@article{arxiv.1612.04078,
title = {Introduction to chiral symmetry in QCD},
author = {H. Sazdjian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.04078},
year = {2017}
}
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19 pages. An introductory lecture given at the session Student Lectures of the Conference Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum XII, 28 August - 04 September 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece. To appear in the proceedings (EPJ Web of Conferences)