Open AccessTowards a perturbative theory of nuclear forces
Author(s) -
Silas R. Beane,
Paulo F. Bedaque,
Martin J. Savage,
U. van Kolck
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/791784
Subject(s) - nuclear force , physics , limit (mathematics) , lattice (music) , lattice qcd , quantum chromodynamics , statistical physics , lattice field theory , nuclear power , nuclear power plant , theoretical physics , quantum electrodynamics , particle physics , nuclear physics , mathematics , nucleon , mathematical analysis , acoustics
The authors show that an expansion of nuclear forces about the chiral limit is formally consistent and is equivalent to KSW power counting in the {sup 1}S{sub 0} channel and Weinberg power counting in the {sup 3}S{sub 1}--{sup 3}D{sub 1} coupled channels. Numerical evidence suggests that this expansion converges. The feasibility of making contact between nuclear physics and lattice-QCD simulations is discussed