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Nucleon Form Factors in Point-Form Spectator-Model Constructions

Nuclear Theory 2017-08-23 v1

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.

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@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}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures, prepared for XI Convegno su Problemi di Fisica Nucleare Teorica, Cortona 2006, 11-14 October 2006

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