Goldstone and Pseudo-Goldstone Bosons in Nuclear, Particle and Condensed-Matter Physics

Abstract

These notes review the effective lagrangian treatment of Goldstone and pseudo-Goldstone bosons, taking examples from high-energy/nuclear and condensed-matter physics. The contents are: 1. Goldstone Bosons 2. Pions: A Relativistic Application 3. Magnons: Nonrelativistic Applications 4. SO(5) Invariance and Superconductors 5. Bibliography

Comments: 119 pages, LaTeX, five figures included with epsf. Lectures given to NUSS98, Seoul National University, June 1998. Typos cleaned up and minor changes to improve the presentation