Recent Progress in Quantum Hadrodynamics
Quantum hadrodynamics (QHD) is a framework for describing the nuclear many-body problem as a relativistic system of baryons and mesons. Motivation is given for the utility of such an approach and for the importance of basing it on a local, Lorentz-invariant lagrangian density. Calculations of nuclear matter and finite nuclei in both renormalizable and nonrenormalizable, effective QHD models are discussed. Connections are made between the effective and renormalizable models, as well as between relativistic mean-field theory and more sophisticated treatments. Recent work in QHD involving nuclear structure, electroweak interactions in nuclei, relativistic transport theory, nuclear matter under extreme conditions, and the evaluation of loop diagrams is reviewed.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-87ER40365; AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 790262
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-THY-97-48; DOE/ER/40150-1981; nucl-th/9701058; IU-NTC-96-17; TRN: US0200413
- Journal Information:
- Int.J.Mod.Phys.E6:515-631,1997, Other Information: Journal preprint submitted to Int.J.Mod.Phys.E6:515-631,1997; PBD: 1 Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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