Nucleon electromagnetic form factors
摘要
Elastic electromagnetic nucleon form factors have long provided vital information about the structure and composition of these most basic elements of nuclear physics. The form factors are a measurable and physical manifestation of the nature of the nucleons' constituents and the dynamics that binds them together. Accurate form factor data obtained in recent years using modern experimental facilities has spurred a significant reevaluation of the nucleon and pictures of its structure; e.g., the role of quark orbital angular momentum, the scale at which perturbative QCD effects should become evident, the strangeness content, and meson-cloud effects. We provide a succinct survey of the experimental studies and theoretical interpretation of nucleon electromagnetic form factors.
引用
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0611050,
title = {Nucleon electromagnetic form factors},
author = {J. Arrington and C. D. Roberts and J. M. Zanotti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0611050},
year = {2008}
}
备注
Topical review invited by Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics; 34 pages (contents listed on page 34), 11 figures