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Walecka hadrodynamics with nucleon fields

On quantum hadrodynamics (relativivist effective field theory of nuclear physics, coupling mesons and nucleons) in the sense of the Walecka model, hence with nucleons appearing as explicit fields (as opposed to being solitonic Skyrmions in the pion field as in chiral perturbation theory).

Precursor:

• Hans-Peter Duerr, Relativistic Effects in Nuclear Forces, Phys. Rev. 103, 469 (1956) (doi:10.1103/PhysRev.103.469)

The original Walecka model (QHD-I model), with nucleons coupled to sigma-mesons and omega-mesons:

• John Dirk Walecka, A Theory of highly condensed matter, Annals Phys. 83 (1974) 491 (spire:91609, dpi:10.1016/0003-4916(74)90208-5)

Inclusion into the Walecka model also of the pion and the rho-meson (the QHD-II model):

• Brian Serot, A relativistic nuclear field theory with π\pi and ρ\rho mesons, Physics Letters B Volume 86, Issue 2, 24 (1979), Pages 146-150 (doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90804-9)

• T Matsui, Brian Serot, The pion propagator in relativistic quantum field theories of the nuclear many-body problem, Annals of Physics Volume 144, Issue 1, November 1982, Pages 107-167 (doi:10.1016/0003-4916(82)90106-3)

Further discussion of these models:

• S. A. Chin, A relativistic many-body theory of high density matter, Annals of Physics Volume 108, Issue 2, October 1977, Pages 301-367 (doi:10.1016/0003-4916(77)90016-1)

• Brian Serot, John Dirk Walecka, The Relativistic Nuclear Many Body Problem, Adv. Nucl. Phys. 16 (1986) 1-327 (spire:207866)

• Brian Serot, Quantum hadrodynamics, Reports on Progress in Physics, Volume 55, Number 11 (1992) (doi:10.1088/0034-4885/55/11/001)

• Brian Serot, John Dirk Walecka, Chiral QHD with vector mesons, Acta Phys. Polon. B 23 (1992) 655-679 (spire:343513)

• Maciej Nowak, Mannque Rho, Ismail Zahed, Chiral Nuclear Dynamics, World Scientific 1996 (doi:10.1142/1681)

• Brian Serot, John Dirk Walecka, Recent Progress in Quantum Hadrodynamics, Int. J. Mod. Phys. E6:515-631, 1997 (arXiv:nucl-th/9701058)

• R. V. Poberezhnyuk, V. Vovchenko, D. V. Anchishkin, M. I. Gorenstein, Quantum van der Waals and Walecka models of nuclear matter (arXiv:1708.05605)

Further inclusion of electromagnetism (photon field):

• A. Yu. Korchin, D. Van Neck, M. Waroquier, Electromagnetic interaction in chiral quantum hadrodynamics and decay of vector and axial-vector mesons, Phys. Rev. C67 (2003) 015207 (arXiv:nucl-th/0302042)

Relation to quark-meson coupling model:

• Koichi Saito, Relationship between Quark-Meson Coupling Model and Quantum Hadrodynamics, Prog. Theor. Phys. 108 (2002) 609-614 (arXiv:nucl-th/0207053)

Hadrodynamics via Light-front QCD

On light-front QCD for quantum hadrodynamics:

• International Light Cone Advisory Committee, Light-Front Quantum Chromodynamics: A framework for the analysis of hadron physics, Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements Volumes 251–252, June–July 2014, Pages 165-174 (arXiv:1309.6333, doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2014.05.004)

• Edward Shuryak, Ismail Zahed, Hadronic structure on the light-front I: Instanton effects and quark-antiquark effective potentials (arXiv:2110.15927)

• Edward Shuryak, Ismail Zahed, Hadronic structure on the light-front II: QCD strings, Wilson lines and potentials (arXiv:2111.01775)