Hans-Werner Hammer Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A theoretical nuclear physicist working on effective field theory descriptions of nuclear forces. His review with Evgeny Epelbaum and Ulf-G. Meißner compares descriptions at different resolution scales. Selecting the relevant low-energy degrees of freedom permits controlled calculations of few-nucleon systems while retaining constraints from quantum chromodynamics.[ref]
Modern Theory of Nuclear Forces by Evgeny Epelbaum and others. Abstract and introduction: resolution scales and light-nucleus applications
Ulf-G. Meißner Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
A theoretical nuclear physicist who studies nuclear forces using effective field theory. His joint review with Evgeny Epelbaum and Hans-Werner Hammer explains how the symmetries of quantum chromodynamics constrain low-energy interactions between nucleons. The approach organizes increasingly accurate calculations without treating a nucleus directly as a collection of interacting quarks.[ref]
Modern Theory of Nuclear Forces by Evgeny Epelbaum and others. Abstract: systematic derivation from QCD symmetries and applications to light nuclei