Contemporary applications of Dyson-Schwinger equations
  We illustrate the contemporary application of Dyson-Schwinger equations using two examples: the calculation of pseudoscalar meson masses, an associated model-independent mass formula and the approach to the heavy-quark limit; and the study of nucleon observables, including a calculation of its mass, $M$, via a covariant Fadde'ev equation and an estimate of pion-loop contributions to $M$. 
M.B. Hecht, C.D. Roberts and S.M. Schmidt