Contributions to the nucleon form factors from bubble and tadpole diagrams

The nonlocal chiral effective theory is applied to investigate the electromagnetic and strange form factors of nucleons. The bubble and tadpole diagrams are included in the calculation. With the contributions from bubble and tadpole diagrams, the obtained electromagnetic form factors are close to the results without these contributions as long as the low energy constants \begin{document}$ c_1 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ c_2 $\end{document} are properly chosen, while the magnitudes of strange form factors become larger. The electromagnetic form factors are in good agreement with the experimental results, while the magnitudes of strange form factors are larger than the lattice data.     

Excited nucleon electromagnetic form factors from broken spin-flavor symmetry

A group theoretical derivation of a relation between the N →△ charge quadrupole transition and neutron charge form factors is presented.     

Excited nucleon electromagnetic form factors from broken spin-flavor symmetry

A group theoretical derivation of a relation between the N→△charge quadrupole transition and neutron charge form factors is presented.     

Dirac and Pauli form factors of nucleons using nonlocal chiral effective Lagrangian

Dirac and Pauli form factors are investigated in the relativistic chiral effective Lagrangian.The octet and decuplet intermediate states are included in the one-loop calculation.The 4-dimensional regulator is introduced to deal with the divergence.Different from the non-relativistic case,this 4-dimensional regulator is generated from the nonlocal Lagrangian with the gauge link,which guarantees local gauge invariance.As a result,additional diagrams appear which ensure electric charge 1 and 0 for proton and neutron respectively.The obtained Dirac and Pauli form factors of the nucleons are all reasonable up to relatively large Q~2.     

Covariant nucleon electromagnetic form factors from the Goldstone-boson-exchange quark model

We present a study of proton and neutron electromagnetic form factors for the recently proposed Goldstone-boson-exchange constituent quark model. Results for charge radii, magnetic moments, and electric as well as magnetic form factors are reported. The calculations are performed in a covariant framework using the point-form approach to relativistic quantum mechanics. All the predictions by the Goldstone-boson-exchange constituent quark model are found to fall remarkably close to existing experimental data.     

Strangeness contributions to nucleon form factors

We review a recent theoretical determination of the strange quark content of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon. These are compared with a global analysis of current experimental measurements in parity-violating electron scattering.     

Asymptotic behavior of nucleon electromagnetic form factors in time-like region

We study the asymptotic behavior of the ratio of Pauli and Dirac electromagnetic nucleon form factors, F₂/F₁, in time-like region, for different parametrizations built for the space-like region. We investigate how fast the ratio F₂/F₁ approaches the asymptotic limits according to the Phragmèn-Lindel?f theorem. We show that the QCD-inspired logarithmic behavior of this ratio results in very far asymptotics, experimentally unachievable. This is also confirmed by the normal component of the nucleon polarization, P_y, in e⁺ + e^-↦N + ˉ (in collisions of unpolarized leptons), which is a very interesting observable, with respect to this theorem. Finally we observe that the 1/Q parametrization of F₂/F₁ contradicts this theorem.     

Proton electromagnetic form factors at large momentum transfer

We review the current experimental and theoretical status of the proton electromagnetic form factors.     

Gravitational form factors and nucleon spin structure

Nucleon scattering by the classical gravitational field is described by the gravitational (energy-momentum tensor) form factors (GFFs), which also control the partition of nucleon spin between the total angular momenta of quarks and gluons. The equivalence principle (EP) for spin dynamics results in the identically zero anomalous gravitomagnetic moment, which is the straightforward analog of its electromagnetic counterpart. The extended EP (ExEP) describes its (approximate) validity separately for quarks and gluons and, in turn, results in equal partition of the momentum and total angular momentum. It is violated in quantum electrodynamics and perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD), but may be restored in nonperturbative QCD because of confinement and spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking, which is supported by models and lattice QCD calculations. It may, in principle, be checked by extracting the generalized parton distributions from hard exclusive processes. The EP for spin-1 hadrons is also manifested in inclusive processes (deep inelastic scattering and the Drell–Yan process) in sum rules for tensor structure functions and parton distributions. The ExEP may originate in either gravity-proof confinement or in the closeness of the GFF to its asymptotic values in relation to the mediocrity principle. The GFFs in time-like regions reveal some similarity between inflation and annihilation.     

An estimate of two-photon exchange effect on deuteron electromagnetic form factors

The effect of the two-photon exchange on the deuteron electromagnetic form factors is estimated based on an effective Lagrangian approach. A numerical estimate calculation of the effect is discussed. In particular, the effect on the polarization observables is analyzed.     

An estimate of two-photon exchange effect on deuteron electromagnetic form factors

The effect of the two-photon exchange on the deuteron electromagnetic form factors is estimated based on an effective Lagrangian approach. A numerical estimate calculation of the effect is discussed. In particular, the effect on the polarization observables is analyzed.     

Two body non-leptonic decaysB →Dπ with heavy quark and chiral symmetry

We have analysed the two body non-leptonic charmed-meson decays of heavyB meson based on the factorization assumption. The transition matrix elements and the corresponding decay widths are calculated in the heavy quark and chiral symmetry limit and the Isgur-Wise function present in the expression is determined by the wave function model of Aliet al. The results obtained are quite interesting and agree reasonably well with the experimental data.     

A Thomas-Fermi type picture and the electromagnetic structure of the nucleon

Using a Thomas-Fermi type picture of the nucleon as a dense system of quarks and antiquarks, we give a rationale for the ‘dipole’ nature, scaling and other characteristics of the nucleon electromagnetic form factors. Similar considerations are then given for the electromagnetic structure of the pion.     

Derivation of the Bosonic Part of the Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian from a General Underlying Technicolor Theory

Bosonic part of SU(2)L U(1)Y effective chiral Lagrangian for electroweak symmetry breaking is derived from an underlying technicolor theory with no approximation. The underlying theory is assumed to be the most general gauge theory without fundamental scalars. A condensate is required to exist in the theory which breaks SU(2)L U(1)Y dynamically to U(1)em and the anomaly of the theory caused by gauge interaction must be cancelled. The formulation offers general definitions in terms of underlying theory for the low energy constants in effective chiral Lagrangian.``     

Sensitivity of the pQCD deuteron structure to the nucleon form factors

We discuss the applicability of pQCD to the elastic scattering of electrons on protons and deuterons. We analyze the Q²-dependence of the reduced deuteron form factor, taking into account the recent data on the electric proton form factor and we find that the value of the QCD-scale parameter Λ differs essentially from the value Λ = 0.1 GeV, previously found using the dipole parametrization of the electromagnetic nucleon form factors G_E and G_M. Moreover, the predicted scaling behavior of the reduced deuteron form factor cannot be recovered in the Dirac and Pauli representations for the nucleon electromagnetic form factors. Received: 14 October 2002 / Accepted: 12 November 2002 / Published online: 11 March 2003 RID="a" ID="a"Permanent address: National Science Center KFTI, 310108 Kharkov, Ukraine. RID="b" ID="b"e-mail: etomasi@cea.fr Communicated by V.V. Anisovich     

Derivation of the Bosonic Part of the Electroweak Chiral Lagrangian from a General Underlying Technicolor Theory

Bosonic part of SU(2)_L\otimes U(1)_Y effective chiral Lagrangian for electroweak symmetry breaking is derived from an underlying technicolor theory with no approximation. The underlying theory is assumed to be the most general gauge theory without fundamental scalars. A condensate is required to exist in the theory which breaks SU(2)_L\otimes U(1)_Y dynamically to U(1)_em and the anomaly of the theory caused by gauge interaction must be cancelled. The formulation offers general definitions in terms of underlying theory for the low energy constants in effective chiral Lagrangian.     

Covariant electroweak nucleon form factors in a chiral constituent-quark model

Results for the proton and neutron electric and magnetic form factors as well as the nucleon axial and induced pseudoscalar form factors are presented for the chiral constituent-quark model based on Goldstone-boson exchange dynamics. The calculations are performed in a covariant framework using the point-form approach to relativistic quantum mechanics. The direct predictions of the model yield a remarkably consistent picture of the electroweak nucleon structure. Received: 28 February 2002 / Accepted: 14 March 2002