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Is SU(3) Chiral Perturbation Theory an Effective Field Theory?

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We argue that the difficulties associated with the convergence properties of conventional SU(3) chiral perturbation theory can be ameliorated by use of a cutoff, which suppresses the model-dependent short distance effects in such calculations.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9806037,
  title  = {Is SU(3) Chiral Perturbation Theory an Effective Field Theory?},
  author = {Barry R. Holstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9806037},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Talk given at Workshop on Quark-Hadron Degrees of Freedom, CSSM, Adelaide, March 1998