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Determination of Nucleon Form factors from Baryonic B Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

It is the first time that the study of three-body baryonic B decays offers an independent determination of the nucleon form factors for the time-like four momentum transfer (t>0)(t>0) region, such as GMp,n(t)G^{p,n}_M(t) of vector currents and those of axial ones. Explicitly, from the data of Bˉ0npˉD+\bar B^0\to n\bar p D^{*+} and Λpˉπ+\Lambda\bar p\pi^+ we find a constant ratio of GMn(t)/GMp(t)=1.3±0.4G^n_M(t)/G^p_M(t)=-1.3\pm0.4, which supports the FENICE experimental result. The vector and axial-vector form factors of pnˉp\bar n, ppˉp\bar p and nnˉn\bar n pairs due to weak currents are also presented, which can be tested in future experiments.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0606036,
  title  = {Determination of Nucleon Form factors from Baryonic B Decays},
  author = {C. Q. Geng and Y. K. Hsiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0606036},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures, final version to be published in PRD