A Primer for Chiral Perturbation Theory

• 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
• Subjects: Physics.; Law.; Economic policy.; Social sciences.; Nanotechnology.; Physics, general.; Law, general.; Social Sciences, general.; R & D/Technology Policy.

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...

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.