Published September 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Octet baryon electromagnetic form factors in a relativistic quark model

  • 1. CFTP, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa (Portugal)
  • 2. CSSM, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005 (Australia)

Description

We study the octet baryon electromagnetic properties by applying the covariant spectator quark model, and provide covariant parametrization that can be used to study baryon electromagnetic reactions. While we use the lattice QCD data in the large pion mass regime (small pion cloud effects) to determine the parameters of the model in the valence quark sector, we use the nucleon physical and octet baryon magnetic moment data to parametrize the pion cloud contributions. The valence quark contributions for the octet baryon electromagnetic form factors are estimated by extrapolating the lattice parametrization in the large pion mass regime to the physical regime. As for the pion cloud contributions, we parametrize them in a covariant, phenomenological manner, combined with SU(3) symmetry. We also discuss the impact of the pion cloud effects on the octet baryon electromagnetic form factors and their radii.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054014-054014.28
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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