Finite-volume energy shift of the three-pion ground state

Understand

Using the framework of non-relativistic effective field theory, the finite-volume ground-state energy shift is calculated up-to-and-including $O(L^{-6})$ for the system of three pions in the channel with the total isospin $I=1$.

• The relativistic corrections are included perturbatively, up to the same order in the inverse of the box size $L$.
• The obtained explicit expression, together with the known result for the system with maximal isospin $I=3$, can be used for the extraction of two independent effective three-body couplings from the measured ground-state spectrum of three pions.