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Paulo Bedaque, University of Maryland The strong nuclear force is ultimately responsible for the formation of atomic nuclei and, consequently, atoms and most of the (visible) matter of the Universe. The fundamental theory of strong interactions, quantum chromodynamics, has been known for over 30 years but it describes strong interactions in terms of quarks and gluons - the constituents of protons and neutrons- not in terms of the protons and neutrons themselves. We will review what is known about nuclear forces from a microscopic perspective and describe the ongoing efforts to understand how the nuclear forces arise from QCD using both analytical and numerical methods.
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Physics
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Copyright © 2003 University of Maryland
Phone: 301.405.3401 Fax: 301.314.9525
Copyright © 2003 University of Maryland