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View SchemaTowards a Connection Between Nuclear Structure and QCD
| Authors | A. W. Thomas, P. A. M. Guichon, D. B. Leinweber, R. D. Young |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0411014 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0411014 |
| DOI | 10.1143/PTPS.156.124 |
| Journal | Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl.156:124-136,2004 |
Abstract
As we search for an ever deeper understanding of the structure of hadronic matter one of the most fundamental questions is whether or not one can make a connection to the underlying theory of the strong interaction, QCD. We build on recent advances in the chiral extrapolation problem linking lattice QCD at relatively large ``light quark'' masses to the physical world to estimate the scalar polarizability of the nucleon. The latter plays a key role in modern relativistic mean-field descriptions of nuclei and nuclear matter (such as QMC) and, in particular, leads to a very natural saturation mechanism. We demonstrate that the value of the scalar polarizability extracted from the lattice data is consistent with that needed for a successful description of nuclei within the framework of QMC. In a very real sense this is the first hint of a direct connection between QCD and the properties of finite nuclei.
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