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Nucleon charge and magnetisation distributions: flavour separation and zeroes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-11-12 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

A symmetry-preserving truncation of the quantum field equations describing hadron properties is used to deliver parameter-free predictions for all nucleon elastic electromagnetic form factors and their flavour separation to large values of momentum transfer, Q2Q^2. The proton electric form factor, GEpG_E^p, possesses a zero, whereas that of the neutron, GEnG_E^n, does not. The difference owes to the behaviour of the Pauli form factor of the proton's singly-represented valence dd-quark. Consequently, GEn>GEpG_E^n>G_E^p on a material large-Q2Q^2 domain. These predictions can be tested in modern experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2403.08088,
  title  = {Nucleon charge and magnetisation distributions: flavour separation and zeroes},
  author = {Zhao-Qian Yao and Daniele Binosi and Zhu-Fang Cu and Craig D. Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.08088},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages, 9 figures, 1 table. Version to appear in Fundamental Research

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