SUBJECT

Title

Strong interaction at low energies

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

Pion-nucleon interaction, resonances, dispersion relations, current algebra, weak end electromagnetic currents, chiral symmetry, Goldston's theorem, the pion as a Goldstone boson, relations between quark and meson masses, effective Lagrangeans, sigma model

Readings
  • T.P. Cheng, L.F. Li: Gauge theory of elementary particle physics (Oxford Univ. Press 1988)
  • M. Peskin, D. Schröder: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Addison-Wesley 1995)
  • C. Itzykson, J.B. Zuber: Quantum Field Theory (McGraw-Hill 1980)