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New approach to $^4$He charge distribution

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

We present a study of the 4^4He charge distribution based on realistic nucleonic wave functions and incorporation of the nucleon's quark substructure. The central depression of the proton point density seen in modern four-body calculations is too small by itself to lead to a correct description of the charge distribution. We utilize six-quark structures calculated in the Chromodielectric Model for N-N interactions, and we find a swelling of the proton charge distribution as the internucleon distance decreases. These charge distributions are combined with the 4^4He wave function using the Independent Pair Approximation and two-body distributions generated from Green's Function Monte Carlo calculations. We obtain a reasonably good fit to the experimental charge distribution without including meson exchange currents.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9612060,
  title  = {New approach to $^4$He charge distribution},
  author = {L. Wilets and M. A. Alberg and S. Pepin and Fl. Stancu and J. Carlson and W. Koepf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9612060},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, LaTeX, 4 figures (Figures 1 and 2 doesn't exist as postscript files : they are only available on request)

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