Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E
Volume 26, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0218301317300053
Keywords
Nuclear forces; meson theory; chiral effective field theory
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- US Department of Energy [DE-FG02-03ER41270]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-03ER41270] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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The nuclear force is the heart of nuclear physics and, thus, the significance of this force for all of nuclear physics can hardly be overstated. Research on this crucial force has by now spanned eight decades and we are still not done. I will first review the rich history of hope and desperation, which had spin-off far beyond just nuclear physics. Next, I will present the current status in the field which is characterized by the application of an effective field theory (EFT) that is believed to represent QCD in the low energy regime typical for nuclear physics. During the past two decades, this EFT has become the favorite vehicle to derive nuclear two-and many-body forces. Finally, I will take a look into the future: What developments can we expect from the next decades? Will the 30-year cycles of new and better ideas for efficiently describing nuclear forces go on for ever, or is there hope for closure?
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