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Form factors and photoproduction amplitudes

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We examine the use of phenomenological form factors in tree level amplitudes for meson photoproduction. Two common recipes are shown to be fundamentally incorrect. An alternate form consistent with gauge invariance and crossing symmetry is proposed.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0101066,
  title  = {Form factors and photoproduction amplitudes},
  author = {R. M. Davidson and Ron Workman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0101066},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To be published in PRC

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