We review how nuclear forces emerge from low-energy QCD via chiral effective field theory.
The presentation is accessible to the non-specialist. At the same time, we also provide …

The nuclear-physics landscape has been redesigned as a sequence of effective field
theories (EFTs) connected to the standard model through symmetries and lattice simulations …

Effective field theory allows for a systematic and model-independent derivation of the forces
between nucleons in harmony with the symmetries of quantum chromodynamics. The …

Ever since quantum field theory was first applied to the derivation of nuclear forces in the
mid-twentieth century, the renormalization of pion exchange with realistic couplings has …

We discuss the possible power counting schemes that can be applied in the effective field
theory description of heavy meson molecules, such as the X (3872) or the recently …

We discuss the subleading contact interactions, or counterterms, of the triplet channels of
nucleon-nucleon scattering in the framework of chiral effective field theory, with S and P …

We study the perturbative renormalizability of chiral two-pion exchange for singlet and triplet
channels within effective field theory, provided that the one-pion exchange piece of the …

We discuss conceptual aspects of renormalization in the context of effective field theories for
the two-nucleon system. It is shown that, contrary to widespread belief, the renormalization …

We undertake a simultaneous partial wave analysis of proton-proton and neutron-proton
scattering data below the pion production threshold up to laboratory energies of 350 MeV …

Continuing our effort to build a consistent power counting for chiral nuclear effective field
theory (EFT), we discuss the subleading contact interactions, or counterterms, in the singlet …