SUBJECT
Title
Strong interaction at low energies
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
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)