Few-Nucleon Systems in a Quirky World: Lattice Nuclei in Effective Field Theory

TL;DR

This paper discusses predicting nuclear structure from lattice QCD using effective field theories, exemplified by a simulation with heavier quarks, to bridge fundamental theory and nuclear physics.

Contribution

It introduces a method to connect lattice QCD results with nuclear structure predictions via effective field theories, demonstrated through a specific heavy-quark simulation.

Findings

Nuclear structure can be derived from lattice QCD.

Effective field theories serve as a bridge between QCD and nuclear physics.

Simulation with heavier quarks provides insights into nuclear interactions.

Abstract

I describe how nuclear structure can be predicted from lattice QCD through low-energy effective field theories, using as an example a world simulation with relatively heavy up and down quarks.