Advances in Nuclear Physics

<strong>1: Fifty Years of the Shell Model - The Quest for the Effective</strong> <strong>Interaction;</strong> I. Talmi. <strong>1.</strong> Introduction. <strong>2.</strong> The (Re)Emergence of the Shell Model. <strong>3.</strong> Early Calculations. <strong>4.</strong> Effective Interactions from Experimental Nuclear Energies. <strong>5.</strong> Some Schematic Interactions and Applications. <strong>6.</strong> Seniority and Generalized Seniority in Semi-Magic Nuclei. <strong>7.</strong> Large-Scale Shell Model Calculations. <strong>8.</strong> What Have We Learned? Where Do We Stand? References. <strong>2: Introduction to Chiral</strong> <strong>Perturbation Theory;</strong> S. Scherer. <strong>1.</strong> Introduction. <strong>2.</strong> QCD and Chiral Symmetry. <strong>3.</strong> Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Goldstone Theorem. <strong>4.</strong> Chiral Perturbation Theory for Mesons. <strong>5.</strong> Chiral Perturbation Theory for Baryons. <strong>6.</strong> Summary and Concluding Remarks. <strong>Appendix: A.1.</strong> Green Functions and Ward Identities. <strong>A.2.</strong> Dimensional Regularization: Basics. <strong>A.3.</strong> Loop Integrals. <strong>A.4.</strong> Different Forms of L₄ in SU(2) x SU(2). References. Index.