Goldstone Bosons
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The paper concerns the effective field theory methods used to study the low energy structure of systems with a spontaneously broken symmetry. I first explain how the method works in the context of quantum chromodynamics and then discuss a few general aspects, related to the universality of effective theories. In particular, I compare some of the effective field theories used in condensed matter physics with those relevant for particle physics. (Talk given at the Bose Conference, Jan.94, Calcutta, BUTP 94/17)