QCD Scales and Chiral Symmetry in Finite Nuclei

Abstract

We report on our progress in the calculation of nuclear ground-state properties using effective Lagrangians whose construction is constrained by QCD scales and chiral symmetry. Good evidence is found that QCD and chiral symmetry apply to finite nuclei.

Comments: Presentation at the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Trieste, Italy, May 19-24, 1997. LaTeX file (7 pages, 4 tables). To be published in the Conference Series of the Italian Physical Society