Quantum hadrodynamics (QHD) is a framework for describing the nuclear many-body
problem as a relativistic system of baryons and mesons. Motivation is given for the utility of …

An effective hadronic lagrangian consistent with the symmetries of quantum
chromodynamics and intended for applications to finite-density systems is constructed. The …

Nuclei can be described satisfactorily in a nonlinear chiral SU (3) framework, even with
standard potentials of the linear σ model. The condensate value of the strange scalar meson …

Based on an effective Lagrangian which combines chiral SU (3) dynamics with vector
meson dominance, we have developed a model for the forward vector meson-nucleon …

We extend the hadronic SU (3) nonlinear σ model to include quark degrees of freedom. The
choice of potential for the deconfinement order parameter as a function of temperature and …

A generalized Lagrangian for the description of hadronic matter based on the linear SU (3)
L× SU (3) R σ model is proposed. Besides the baryon octet, the spin-0 and spin-1 nonets, a …

We investigate a linear sigma model with global chiral U (2) R× U (2) L symmetry. The
mesonic degrees of freedom are the standard scalar and pseudoscalar mesons and the …

We study dense nuclear matter and the chiral phase transition in a SU (2) parity doublet
model at zero temperature. The model is defined by adding the chiral partner of the nucleon …

While the ground-state tensor (JPC= 2++) mesons a 2 (1320), K 2*(1430), f 2 (1270), and f
2′(1525) are well known experimentally and form an almost ideal nonet of quark-antiquark …

It is well known that, because of the axial anomaly in QCD, mesons with JP= 0-are close to
SU (3) V eigenstates; the η′(958) meson is largely a singlet, and the η meson an octet. In …