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On the physics behind the form factor ratio $\mu_p G_E^p (Q^2) / G_M^p (Q^2)$

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We point out that there exist two natural definitions of the nucleon magnetization densities : the density ρMK(r)\rho_M^K (r) introduced in Kelly's phenomenological analysis and theoretically more standard one ρM(r)\rho_M (r). We can derive an explicit analytical relation between them, although Kelly's density is more useful to disentangle the physical origin of the different Q2Q^2 dependence of the Sachs electric and magnetic form factors of the nucleon. We evaluate both of ρM(r)\rho_M (r) and ρMK(r)\rho_M^K (r) as well as the charge density ρch(r)\rho_{ch}(r) of the proton within the framework of the chiral quark soliton model, to find a noticeable qualitative difference between ρch(r)\rho_{ch}(r) and ρMK(r)\rho_M^K (r), which is just consistent with Kelly's result obtained from the empirical information on the Sachs electric and magnetic form factors of the proton.

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@article{arxiv.0801.4427,
  title  = {On the physics behind the form factor ratio $\mu_p G_E^p (Q^2) / G_M^p (Q^2)$},
  author = {M. Wakamatsu and Y. Nakakoji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4427},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures. version to appear in J. Phys. G.: Nucl. Part. Phys