Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2012-03-08
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
37 pages; 49th Schladming Theoretical Physics Winter School lecture notes; to appear in Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl. (2012)
Scientific paper
Modern techniques of the renormalization group (RG) combined with effective field theory (EFT) methods are revolutionizing nuclear many-body physics. In these lectures we will explore the motivation for RG in low-energy nuclear systems and its implementation in systems ranging from the deuteron to neutron stars, both formally and in practice. Flow equation approaches applied to Hamiltonians both in free space and in the medium will be emphasized. This is a conceptually simple technique to transform interactions to more perturbative and universal forms. An unavoidable complication for nuclear systems from both the EFT and flow equation perspective is the need to treat many-body forces and operators, so we will consider these aspects in some detail. We'll finish with a survey of current developments and open problems in nuclear RG.
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