Real and Virtual Compton Scattering: the nucleon polarisabilities
Nuclear Experiment
2011-09-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We give an overview of low-energy Compton scattering (gamma^(*) p --> gamma p) with a real or virtual incoming photon. These processes allow the investigation of one of the fundamental properties of the nucleon, i.e. how its internal structure deforms under an applied static electromagnetic field. Our knowledge of nucleon polarisabilities and their generalization to non-zero four-momentum transfer will be reviewed, including the presently ongoing experiments and future perspectives.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.0232,
title = {Real and Virtual Compton Scattering: the nucleon polarisabilities},
author = {E. J. Downie and H. Fonvieille},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.0232},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
20 pages, 12 figures. Minireview/Proceedings of "Many-Body Structure of Strongly Interacting Systems", Mainz, Germany, Feb. 23-25 2011 . V2: typos corrected. version to appear in EPJ Special Topics