The Nuclear Force Problem: Is the Never-Ending Story Coming to an End?

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2006-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0609050v1

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

10 pages, 2 figures, talk at XXV International Workshop on Nuclear Theory, June 26-July 1, 2005, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria

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The attempts to find the right (underlying) theory for the nuclear force have a long and stimulating history. Already in 1953, Hans Bethe stated that "more man-hours have been given to this problem than to any other scientific question in the history of mankind". In search for the nature of the nuclear force, the idea of sub-nuclear particles was created which, eventually, generated the field of particle physics. I will review this productive history of hope, error, and desperation. Finally, I will discuss recent ideas which apply the concept of an effective field theory to low-energy QCD. There are indications that this concept may provide the right framework to properly understand nuclear forces.

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