Published January 2006 | Version v1
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Shape of the nucleon

Creators

  • 1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
  • 2. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (United States)
  • 3. Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23504 (United States)

Description

We show that all four of the nucleon form factors can be very well explained using the manifestly covariant spectator theory. The nucleon is modeled as a spherical state of three constituent quarks with electromagnetic form factors, all determined by the fit to the data

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.73.015203;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-th/0411090v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 015203-015203.7
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37076652
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE STRUCTURE; QUARK MODEL; QUARKS; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; CONFIGURATION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FORM FACTORS; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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Notes
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