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The contributions of helicity-flip matrix elements to the deuteron form factors are discussed in the light-cone frame. Normalized $A(Q^2)$, $B(Q^2)$, $G_Q(Q^2)$ and $T_{20}$ are obtained in a simple QCD-inspired model. We find that…
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We derive a full set, and determine the twist, of helicity amplitudes for diffractive production of light to heavy vector mesons in deep inelastic scattering. For large $Q^{2}$ all helicity amplitudes but the double-flip are calculable in…
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Recent reviews in ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) have claimed that relativistic electrons exhibit enhanced elastic scattering efficiency, frequently quantified as a \gamma^2 increase in the differential cross section. These claims,…
Two-photon exchange contributions to elastic electron-proton scattering cross sections are evaluated in a simple hadronic model including the finite size of the proton. The corrections are found to be small in magnitude, but with a strong…
Unpolarized electron-proton elastic scattering cross-section measurements at high $Q^2$ allow for improved extractions of the proton electromagnetic form factors as well as provide constraints on possible hard two-photon exchange effects.…
Using previously described functional techniques for some non--perturbative, gauge invariant, renormalized QCD processes, a simplified version of the amplitudes --- in which forms akin to Pomerons naturally appear --- provides fits to ISR…