Hadronic Atoms
Abstract
We review the theory of hadronic atoms in the framework of quantum chromodynamics, with photons and electrons included (QCD+QED). We illustrate the method by means of π+π- atoms and briefly consider the application of the same approach to several other hadronic atoms.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
- Pub Date:
- November 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.nucl.010909.083806
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0903.0257
- Bibcode:
- 2009ARNPS..59..169G
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- Commissioned article for Ann. Rev. Nucl. Part. Sci., 34 pages, 5 figures, 3 references added