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The Problem of Renormalization of Chiral Nuclear Forces

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arxiv 2003.06721 v1 pith:7PH2W665 submitted 2020-03-14 nucl-th

The Problem of Renormalization of Chiral Nuclear Forces

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Ever since quantum field theory was first applied to the derivation of nuclear forces in the mid-20th century, the renormalization of pion exchange with realistic couplings has presented a challenge. The implementation of effective field theories (EFTs) in the 1990s promised a solution to this problem but unexpected obstacles were encountered. The response of the nuclear community has been to focus on "chiral potentials" with regulators chosen to produce a good description of data. Meanwhile, a successful EFT without explicit pion exchange --- Pionless EFT --- has been formulated where renormalization is achieved order by order in a systematic expansion of low-energy nuclear observables. I describe how lessons from Pionless EFT are being applied to the construction of a properly renormalized Chiral EFT.

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