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Symmetry Tests in Nuclear Physics

Test the low-energy limit of QCD as implemented in Chiral Perturbation Theory

1. Experiments
2. Talks
3. Background material

Experiments

These experiments test predictions of QCD at energies where Chiral Perturbation Theory is an exact low-energy representation.

• E-03-006 M. Battaglieri, R. De Vita, M. Ripani:
  The GDH Sum Rule with Nearly Real Photons and the Proton g₁ Structure Function at Low Momentum Transfer
  
• E-02-103 D. Dale, S. Danagoulian, A. Gasparian, R. Miskimen:
  A Precision Measurement of the Neutral Pion Lifetime via the Primakoff Effect
  
• E-97-110 J.P. Chen, A. Deur, F. Garibaldi :
  The GDH Rule and the Spin Structure of ³He and the Neutron Using Nearly Real Photons
  

Talks

• Ashot Gasparian: The π^o Lifetime Experiment and Future Plans at JLab (.pdf file)
  (talk given at the 4^th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, Bonn/Germany, September 8-13, 2003)

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