The renormalization group and nuclear forces

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1946, 2011, Pages 2662-2678

  Birse, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective field theory; Nuclear forces; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY; EFFECTIVE THEORIES; NUCLEAR FORCE; RENORMALIZATION GROUP;

BINDING ENERGY;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 79959986735     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0381     Document Type: Review

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