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Model-independent form factor relations at large $N_c$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2012-04-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In this paper a model-independent relation which holds for the long distance part of the Fourier transform of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon in the large NcN_c and chiral limits is demonstrated. This relation was previously conjectured based on the fact that it emerged in {\it all} semiclassical chiral models independent of the details of the model. Here we show that the result is, in fact, model independent by deriving it directly in large NcN_c chiral perturbation theory which is known to capture the long distance behavior of the form factors. The relation is valid when the large NcN_c limit is formally taken before the chiral limit. A new relation is derived for the case where the chiral limit is taken prior to the large NcN_c limit.

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@article{arxiv.1201.5389,
  title  = {Model-independent form factor relations at large $N_c$},
  author = {Thomas D. Cohen and Vojtěch Krejčiřík},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.5389},
  year   = {2012}
}
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