Abstract
Recent developments in understanding the very special properties of the pion are reviewed. We discuss its dual nature as a Goldstone Boson related to Chiral Symmetry Breaking on one hand, and as a bound quark-antiquark pair on the other hand. We point out open problems in reconciling the experimental facts about the pion size and decay with its well established role as a generator of the long range nuclear force.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 685-694 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Nuclear Physics, Section A |
| Volume | 434 |
| Issue number | C |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 25 Feb 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |