Diquark clustering and the neutron charge radius

We show that a quark-diquark model previously introduced to explainSU(6) violations in quasi-two-body reactions is also able to accomodate a (quantitative) interpretation of the negative charge radius of the neutron, provided one uses appropriate hypotheses for the confinements (c.q. sizes) of the quarks and diquarks involved. They effectively imply the existence of a nucleon core (i.e. a massive two-quark state of substantial spatial clustering) with zero spin and zero isospin.