Role of Chiral Symmetry in the Nuclear Many-Body Problem
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The role of chiral (pion) dynamics in nuclear matter is reviewed. Contributions to the energy per particle from oneand two-pion exchange are calculated systematically, and it is demonstrated that already at order k f in the Fermi momentum, two-pion exchange produces realistic nuclear binding together with very reasonable values for the compressibility and the asymmetry energy. Further implications of these results are discussed.
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