Introduction to Effective Field Theory

2000/10/04 by Barry R. Holstein · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9474(01)00828-4

published as Nucl.Phys.A689:135-146,2001 · 12 page latex file, Talk given at European Few Body Physics Meeting, Evora, Portugal, September 2000

arxiv created 2000/10/04 · arxiv updated 2011/07/19

Abstract

An introduction to methods of effective field theory is given. Examples are presented, including Rayleigh scattering from nonrelativistic quantum mechnics, chiral perturbation theory/QCD as well as electromagnetic and weak interactions of nucleons.

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