Published February 27, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Medium modifications of the neutron charge form factor

Creators

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Description

We discuss the behavior of the neutron charge form factor in a nuclear environment using the framework of a chiral πrhoω Lagrangian. For momentum transfers of 0.4 (GeV/c)2 and larger, the medium renormalization of fundamental meson parameters leads to a sizable decrease in the neutron charge form factor. This effect might be seen in an upcoming high-precision experiment to determine the electric form factor of the neutron through scattering of polarized electrons from polarized 3He. We also find that the effective nucleon mass and axial-vector coupling constant g/sub A/ are quenched

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
62
Journal Issue
9
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1013-1016
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA