Quantum Chromodynamics and Chiral Symmetry

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Abstract

Chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) provides a systematic framework for investigating strong-interaction processes at low energies, as opposed to a perturbative treatment of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) at high momentum transfers in terms of the “running coupling constant.” The basis of ChPT is the global \(\hbox{SU}(3)_L\times \hbox{SU}(3)_R\times{U}(1)_V\) symmetry of the QCD Lagrangian in the limit of massless \(u, d,\) and \(s\) quarks. This symmetry is assumed to be spontaneously broken down to \(\hbox{SU}(3)_V\times{U(1)}_V\) giving rise to eight massless Goldstone bosons. In this chapter we will describe in detail one of the foundations of ChPT, namely the symmetries of QCD and their consequences in terms of QCD Green functions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Johannes Gutenberg-Universität MainzInstitut für KernphysikMainzGermany
  2. 2.Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of South CarolinaColumbiaUSA
  3. 3.Department of PhysicsThe George Washington UniversityWashingtonUSA

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