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Modern Theory of Nuclear Forces

Nuclear Theory 2010-01-15 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Effective field theory allows for a systematic and model-independent derivation of the forces between nucleons in harmony with the symmetries of Quantum Chromodynamics. We review the foundations of this approach and discuss its application for light nuclei at various resolution scales. The extension of this approach to many-body systems is briefly sketched.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1338,
  title  = {Modern Theory of Nuclear Forces},
  author = {Evgeny Epelbaum and Hans-Werner Hammer and Ulf-G. Meißner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1338},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Commissioned article for Reviews of Modern Physics, 52 pp, 40 figs