The theory of nuclear forces: Is the never-ending story coming to an end?

2007/01/25 by R. Machleidt
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Computer science #Field (mathematics) #Nuclear force #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Perspective (graphical) #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-ex #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2007.03.051

published as Nucl.Phys.A790:17-23,2007 · 7 pages, 2 figures; plenary talk at 18th International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (FB18), Santos, SP, Brazil, August 2006

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Abstract

I review the recent progress in our understanding of nuclear forces in terms of an effective field theory (EFT) for low-energy QCD and put this progress into historical perspective. This is followed by an assessment of the current status of EFT based nuclear potentials. In concluding, I will summarize some unresolved issues.

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