QCD Scales in Finite Nuclei
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The role of QCD scales and chiral symmetry in finite nuclei is examined. The Dirac-Hartree mean-field coupling constants of Nikolaus, Hoch, and Madland (NHM) are scaled in accordance with the QCD-based prescription of Manohar and Georgi. Whereas the nine empirically-based coupling constants of NHM span thirteen orders of magnitude, the scaled coupling constants are almost all {\it natural}, being dimensionless numbers of order one. We speculate that this result provides good evidence that QCD and chiral symmetry apply to finite nuclei.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9512011,
title = {QCD Scales in Finite Nuclei},
author = {J. L. Friar and D. G. Madland and B. W. Lynn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9512011},
year = {2008}
}
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