Phenomenological delineation of the quark-gluon structure from nucleon electromagnetic form factors

G. E. Brown, Mannque Rho, W. Weise

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Abstract

We investigate a synthesis of topological chiral models with the vector meson dominance idea, with applications to nucleon and pion electromagnetic form factors. We suggest that the large tensor coupling of the ρ-meson to the nucleon, about twice that given by the vector dominance model, is an indicator of quark-gluon substructure of the nucleon at distances ≲ 1 2 fm. Nucleon and pion form factors are fit within this model, which implies that the γ-ray coupling is about 50% directly to the intrinsic quark structure of the nucleon or pion, and the other 50% is indirect, through vector mesons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)669-690
Number of pages22
JournalNuclear Physics, Section A
Volume454
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

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