Pion-nucleon sigma-term - a review

2001/10/31 by M. E. Sainio
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph

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published as PiN Newslett. 16 (2002) 138-143 · 6 pages, 9th International Symposium on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon, 26-31 July, 2001, Washington D.C

arxiv created 2001/10/31 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

A brief review of the pion-nucleon sigma-term is given. Aspects of both chiral perturbation theory and phenomenology are discussed.

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