arXiv:nucl-th/9512011·v1·Nuclear Theory
QCD Scales in Finite Nuclei
J. L. Friar🇺🇸 · D. G. Madland🇺🇸 · B. W. Lynn🇬🇧
Abstract
The role of QCD scales and chiral symmetry in finite nuclei is examined. The Dirac-Hartree mean-field coupling constants of Nikolaus, Hoch, and Madland (NHM) are scaled in accordance with the QCD-based prescription of Manohar and Georgi. Whereas the nine empirically-based coupling constants of NHM span thirteen orders of magnitude, the scaled coupling constants are almost all {\it natural}, being dimensionless numbers of order one. We speculate that this result provides good evidence that QCD and chiral symmetry apply to finite nuclei.
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