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Nuclear energy density functionals constrained by low-energy QCD

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A microscopic framework of nuclear energy density functionals is reviewed, which establishes a direct relation between low-energy QCD and nuclear structure, synthesizing effective field theory methods and principles of density functional theory. Guided by two closely related features of QCD in the low-energy limit: a) in-medium changes of vacuum condensates, and b) spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry; a relativistic energy density functional is developed and applied in studies of ground-state properties of spherical and deformed nuclei.

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Vretenar, D. Nuclear energy density functionals constrained by low-energy QCD. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 156, 37–67 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2008-00608-0

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