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The electric dipole form factor of the nucleon

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The electric dipole form factor of the nucleon stemming from the QCD θˉ\bar{\theta} term is calculated in chiral perturbation theory in leading order. To this order, the form factor originates from the pion cloud. Its momentum-dependence is proportional to a non-derivative time-reversal-violating pion-nucleon coupling, and the scale for momentum variation--appearing, in particular, in the radius of the form factor--is the pion mass.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0508012,
  title  = {The electric dipole form factor of the nucleon},
  author = {W. H. Hockings and U. van Kolck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0508012},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures