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Introduction to Effective Field Theory

Nuclear Theory 2011-07-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

An introduction to methods of effective field theory is given. Examples are presented, including Rayleigh scattering from nonrelativistic quantum mechnics, chiral perturbation theory/QCD as well as electromagnetic and weak interactions of nucleons.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0010015,
  title  = {Introduction to Effective Field Theory},
  author = {Barry R. Holstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0010015},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

12 page latex file, Talk given at European Few Body Physics Meeting, Evora, Portugal, September 2000