Chiral Nuclear Dynamics | 
 enlarge | Authors: Maciej A. Nowak, Mannque Rho, Ismail Zahed
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2788884
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 9810210000
Dewey Decimal Number: 539.7548
EAN: 9789810210007
Publication Date: November 1996
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Product Description
This monograph is a first, albeit embryonic, attempt to explain how a nucleus can be understood without invoking the explicit degrees of freedom of quarks and gluons while still staying within the basic premise of QCD and furthermore why do quark-gluon signatures not show up prominently in nuclear processes, including those processes involving short-distance encounters within nuclei. Such an understanding is largely based on the modern concepts of broken chiral symmetry and is believed to be essential in uncovering new physics expected to figure in the hadronic environment under extreme conditions of high temperature and/or high density.
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very lucid July 28, 2000
Prashanth Jaikumar (centereach, NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is a very useful book for graduate students in the field of nuclear theory too. While not pedagogical, it outlines very clearly the motivation and reasons for thinking about nuclear physics in the low energy regime in the way we do today. also, some explanations and rules are more concise and practical than in standard textbooks or papers. this book also emphasizes generality wherever possible, which is good for a conceptual understanding. i strongly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to have a broad understanding of the fascinating vista that is low energy QCD.
Science in style September 16, 1999
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is cutting-edge. Not only is the science presented here ground-breaking, so too is the original jacket design, a rarity among comparable science books. Moreover, thanks to the editing done by Professor Rho's son Oliver, the prose in this monograph is pleasant and fluid, a far cry from the usual awkward style of scientists whose native language is not English.
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