https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2009-10798-1
Review
Hadronic parity violation and effective field theory
Department of Physics-LGRT, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA
Received:
23
March
2009
Revised:
14
May
2009
Accepted:
14
May
2009
Published online:
23
June
2009
The history and phenomenology of hadronic parity violation is reviewed and a new model-independent approach based on effective field theory is developed. Possible future developments are discussed.
PACS: 11.30.Er Charge conjugation, parity, time reversal, and other discrete symmetries – / 21.30.Fe Forces in hadronic systems and effective interactions – / 25.20.-x Photonuclear reactions – / 25.40.Lw Radiative capture –
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