Nuclear forces from chiral effective field theory: a primer

Abstract

This paper is a write-up of introductory lectures on the modern approach to the nuclear force problem based on chiral effective field theory given at the 2009 Joliot-Curie School, Lacanau, France, 27 September - 3 October 2009.

Comments: 60 pages, 18 figures, 10 exercises, lectures given at the 2009 Joliot-Curie School, Lacanau, France, 27 September - 3 October 2009