Nucleon Form Factors in Point-Form Spectator-Model Constructions
Abstract
We discuss electromagnetic currents in the point-form formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics. The construction is along a spectator model and implies that only one quark is explicitly coupled to the photon, but nevertheless many-body contributions are present in the current operator. Such effects are unavoidable in relativistic constructions and resulting ambiguities are notably reduced by imposing charge normalization and time-reversal invariance. The residual theoretical indetermination introduces small but sizeable changes in the nucleon form-factors, particularly at higher Q-squared values, with the data generally centered in the middle of the theoretical band.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0612024,
title = {Nucleon Form Factors in Point-Form Spectator-Model Constructions},
author = {T. Melde},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0612024},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
8 pages, 3 figures, prepared for XI Convegno su Problemi di Fisica Nucleare Teorica, Cortona 2006, 11-14 October 2006