Preface |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Warm-up: Effective Theory for Scattering on the Potential Well |
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2 | (11) |
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1.3 Integrating out a Heavy Scale: a Model at Tree Level |
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13 | (4) |
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1.4 The Model at Tree Level: Path-Integral Formalism |
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17 | (1) |
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1.5 Equations of Motion and Field Redefinitions |
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18 | (5) |
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1.6 Light Particle Mass at One Loop |
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23 | (5) |
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1.7 Matching of the Quartic Coupling at One Loop |
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28 | (7) |
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1.8 Dependence of the Effective Couplings on the Heavy Mass |
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35 | (3) |
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1.9 Decoupling in Different Renormalization Schemes |
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38 | (4) |
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42 | (4) |
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46 | (6) |
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1.12 Triviality of the Φ4-Theory |
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52 | (7) |
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1.13 Relevant Degrees of Freedom at Low Momenta |
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59 | (1) |
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1.14 Construction Principles of an EFT |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (5) |
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62 | (4) |
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2 Nonrelativistic Effective Theories |
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66 | (95) |
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66 | (1) |
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2.2 Foldy--Wouthuysen Transformation |
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67 | (6) |
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2.3 Construction of the Nonrelativistic Lagrangian for a Scalar Field |
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73 | (3) |
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76 | (5) |
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2.5 Perturbation Theory, Matching and the Effective Range Expansion |
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81 | (10) |
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2.6 Nucleon--Nucleon Scattering: the Case of a Large Scattering Length |
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91 | (3) |
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2.7 Relativistic Kinematics: Two-Particle Processes |
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94 | (5) |
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2.8 Cusps in Three-Particle Decays |
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99 | (6) |
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2.9 Dimers and the Faddeev Equation |
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105 | (11) |
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116 | (5) |
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2.11 Including Virtual Photons in Nonrelativistic Theories |
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121 | (22) |
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2.12 Spectrum and Decays of Hadronic Atoms |
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143 | (10) |
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153 | (8) |
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154 | (7) |
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161 | (102) |
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161 | (1) |
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3.2 Euler--Heisenberg Lagrangian |
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162 | (7) |
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3.3 Interaction of Long-Wavelength Photons with Atoms |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (4) |
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3.5 Chiral Symmetry in QCD |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (4) |
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180 | (8) |
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3.8 Anomalies: Point-Split Technique |
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188 | (4) |
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192 | (5) |
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3.10 Non-Abelian Anomalies |
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197 | (7) |
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3.11 Atiyah--Singer Index Theorem |
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204 | (1) |
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3.12 Chiral Symmetry and Anomalies on the Lattice |
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205 | (14) |
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3.13 Trace Anomaly, Dimensional Transmutation and the Proton Mass |
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219 | (5) |
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3.14 Low-Energy Spectrum of QCD: Goldstone Theorem |
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224 | (12) |
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3.15 Vafa--Witten Theorem |
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236 | (2) |
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3.16 Quark Mass Dependence of Hadron Masses |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (3) |
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3.18 Witten--Veneziano Formula |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (5) |
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3.20 Symmetries and Spectrum of (Partially) Quenched QCD |
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252 | (4) |
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256 | (7) |
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257 | (6) |
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4 Low-Energy Effective Field Theory of QCD |
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263 | (203) |
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263 | (2) |
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4.2 The S-Matrix of Composite Particles |
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265 | (10) |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (14) |
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4.5 The σ-Model with Nucleons |
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291 | (8) |
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4.6 Nonlinear Realization of Chiral Symmetry |
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299 | (5) |
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4.7 Chiral Perturbation Theory in the Meson Sector: Lagrangian and Generating Functional |
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304 | (5) |
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4.8 Tree-Level Calculations |
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309 | (7) |
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4.9 Chiral Perturbation Theory at One Loop |
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316 | (21) |
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4.10 Chiral Lagrangian with Nucleons |
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337 | (9) |
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4.11 Consistent Formulations of Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory |
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346 | (24) |
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4.12 Theoretical Uncertainties |
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370 | (3) |
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4.13 The Meaning of Low-Energy Theorems |
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373 | (5) |
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4.14 Including Electromagnetic and Weak Interactions |
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378 | (24) |
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4.15 Splitting of the Strong and the Electromagnetic Interactions |
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402 | (6) |
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4.16 Wess--Zumino--Witten Effective Action |
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408 | (5) |
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4.17 The η'-Meson and Large-Nc. ChPT |
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413 | (8) |
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4.18 Invariance of the ChPT Lagrangian |
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421 | (3) |
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4.19 Partially Quenched ChPT |
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424 | (7) |
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4.20 The θ-Term, Strong CP Violation and Axions |
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431 | (17) |
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448 | (18) |
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450 | (16) |
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5 Effective Theories in a Finite Volume |
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466 | (99) |
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466 | (1) |
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5.2 The Mass of a Stable Particle in a Finite Volume |
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467 | (9) |
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5.3 Scattering States: the Luscher Equation |
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476 | (11) |
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5.4 Moving Frames, Angular Momentum and Spin |
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487 | (12) |
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5.5 Twisted Boundary Conditions |
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499 | (7) |
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506 | (7) |
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5.7 Multiparticle Systems: Perturbative Expansion for the Energy Levels |
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513 | (9) |
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5.8 Three-Particle Quantization Condition |
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522 | (6) |
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5.9 Three-Particle Decays on the Lattice |
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528 | (5) |
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5.10 Photons in a Finite Volume |
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533 | (9) |
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5.11 The Chiral Limit in a Finite Volume |
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542 | (14) |
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556 | (9) |
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558 | (7) |
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565 | (34) |
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Appendix A Notations and Conventions |
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599 | (7) |
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599 | (1) |
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600 | (1) |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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A.5 Isospin and SU(3) Flavor Symmetry |
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602 | (1) |
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603 | (1) |
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A.7 Clebsch--Gordan Coefficients |
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604 | (1) |
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605 | (1) |
Index |
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