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