A Primer for Chiral Perturbation Theory

Chiral Perturbation Theory, as effective field theory, is a commonly accepted and well established working tool, approximating quantum chromodynamics at energies well below typical hadron masses. This volume, based on a number of lectures and supplemented with additional material, provides a pedagog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scherer, Stefan (Author), Schindler, Matthias R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 830
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Chiral Symmetry
  • Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Goldstone Theorem
  • Chiral Perturbation Theory for Mesons
  • Chiral Perturbation Theory for Bryons
  • Applications and Outlook
  • Pauli and Dirac Matrices
  • Functionals and Local Functional Derivatives
  • Solutions to Exercises
  • Index.