Chiral effective field theory of Delta(1232) and Compton scattering

Abstract

A new power-counting scheme for a chiral effective field theory that includes Delta degrees of freedom is briefly described and applied to the nucleon Compton scattering.

3 pages, 2 figs. Contribution to the 17th International IUPAP Conference on Few-body Problems in Physics, June 5-10, 2003 Durham, North Carolina, USA