2003/01/22 by J. Dobaczewski, Dobaczewski, J.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #FOS: Physical sciences #International Science and Diplomacy #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Superconducting Materials and Applications #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0301069
43 pages, 10 EPS figures. Lecture notes at the Joliot-Curie International School, Maubuisson 2002
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An introduction to nuclear theory is given starting from the quantum chromodynamics foundations for quark and gluon fields, then discussing properties of pions and nucleons, interactions between nucleons, structure of the deuteron and light nuclei, and finishing at the description of heavy nuclei. It is shown how concepts of different energy and size scales and ideas related to effective fields and symmetry breaking, enter our description of nuclear systems.