A Brief Introduction to Chiral Perturbation Theory

Abstract

A brief introduction to the subject of chiral perturbation theory ($\chi$pt) is presented, including a discussion of effective field theory and applications of $\chi$pt in the arena of purely mesonic interactions as well as in the $\pi N$ sector.

15 pages, talk given at TAPS detector workshop, Rez, Czech Republic, Sept. 1999, to be published in Czech. J. Phys

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