Chiral symmetries in nuclear physics.

Authors :: Höhler, Gerhard
Kühn, Johann H.
Müller, Thomas
Peccei, Roberto
Wölfle, Peter
Steiner, Frank
Trümper, Joachim
Niekisch, E. A.
Faessler, A.
Kosmas, T. S.
Leontaris, G. K.
Zschiesche, D.
Papazoglou, P.
Schramm, S.
Beckmann, Ch.
Schaffner-Bielich, J.
Stöcker, H.
Greiner, W.
Source :: Symmetries in intermediate & high energy physics; 2000, p129-167, 39p
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: The theoretical concepts of a chirally symmetric meson field theory are reviewed and an overview of the most relevant applications in nuclear physics is given. This includes a unified description of the vacuum properties of hadrons, finite nuclei and hot, dense and strange nuclear matter in an extended chiral SU(3)L × SU(3)R σ − ω model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]