Is SU(3) Chiral Perturbation Theory an Effective Field Theory?

Abstract

We argue that the difficulties associated with the convergence properties of conventional SU(3) chiral perturbation theory can be ameliorated by use of a cutoff, which suppresses the model-dependent short distance effects in such calculations.

Comments: Talk given at Workshop on Quark-Hadron Degrees of Freedom, CSSM, Adelaide, March 1998