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Polarization phenomena in elastic $e^{\mp}N$ scattering, for axial parametrization of two-photon exchange

Nuclear Theory 2011-04-12 v1

Abstract

We analyze polarization phenomena for elastic lepton-nucleon scattering, parametrizing the 2γ2\gamma-exchange contribution, as the product of lepton and nucleon axial vector currents, that correspond to C=+1C=+1 exchange in the annihilation channel. We found two combinations of polarization observables (one for three T-odd observables and another one - for five T-even observables), which allow to measure the ratio GE(Q2)/GM(Q2)G_E(Q^2)/G_M(Q^2) of nucleon electromagnetic form factors in model independent way, without any specific assumption about the 2γ2\gamma-exchange mechanism. Both these combinations have a general character and do not depend on the choice of the spin structure for the 2γ2\gamma-exchange. We show the inconsistency of other approximations recently used in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0402004,
  title  = {Polarization phenomena in elastic $e^{\mp}N$ scattering, for axial parametrization of two-photon exchange},
  author = {M. P. Rekalo and E. Tomasi-Gustafsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0402004},
  year   = {2011}
}

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