Electromagnetic and gravitational form factors of the nucleon
Abstract
Form factors are Lorentz invariant functions describing the internal structure of a system. In particular, they encode how physical properties like, e.g., charge, energy, momentum, and pressure are spatially distributed. While nucleon electromagnetic form factors have been studied for a long time, the first extraction of nucleon gravitational form factors from experimental data was reported in 2018, triggering a lot of enthusiasm and attention in the hadronic community. In this contribution we review some theoretical bases, discuss recent developments regarding the physical interpretation of these form factors, and give a glimpse of what can be learned about the mass and spin structure of the nucleon.
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@article{arxiv.2402.00429,
title = {Electromagnetic and gravitational form factors of the nucleon},
author = {Cédric Lorcé},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.00429},
year = {2024}
}
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10 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 25th International Spin Physics Symposium (SPIN 2023), September 24-29, Durham, NC, USA