Goldstone and Pseudo-Goldstone Bosons in Nuclear, Particle and Condensed-Matter Physics
C.P. Burgess
TL;DR
This paper reviews the effective Lagrangian approach to Goldstone and pseudo-Goldstone bosons across various physics domains, highlighting their theoretical descriptions and applications in high-energy, nuclear, and condensed matter physics.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of Goldstone bosons and their pseudo counterparts, illustrating their roles with examples from different physical systems.
Findings
Effective Lagrangian formalism for Goldstone bosons
Application to pions and magnons in different regimes
Insights into symmetry breaking in condensed matter and nuclear physics
Abstract
These notes review the effective lagrangian treatment of Goldstone and pseudo-Goldstone bosons, taking examples from high-energy/nuclear and condensed-matter physics. The contents are: 1. Goldstone Bosons 2. Pions: A Relativistic Application 3. Magnons: Nonrelativistic Applications 4. SO(5) Invariance and Superconductors 5. Bibliography
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