Weak and Strong Coupling
In a quantum field theory with a dimensionless coupling constant g, if g ≪ 1 (g is much smaller than one) then the theory is said to be weakly coupled. In this case it is well described by an expansion in powers of g, called perturbation theory. If the coupling constant is of order one or larger, the theory is said to be strongly coupled. An example of the latter is the hadronic theory of strong interactions (which is why it is called strong in the first place). In such a case non-perturbative methods have to be used to investigate the theory.
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