Investigation of the conjectured nucleon deformation at low momentum transfer

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Aug, 2004
4 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 022003
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Abstract:
We report new precise H(e,ep)π0(e,e^\prime p)\pi^0 measurements at the Δ(1232)\Delta(1232) resonance at Q2=0.127Q^2= 0.127 (GeV/c)2^2 using the MIT/Bates out-of-plane scattering (OOPS) facility. The data reported here are particularly sensitive to the transverse electric amplitude (E2E2) of the γNΔ\gamma^* N\to\Delta transition. Analyzed together with previous data yield precise quadrupole to dipole amplitude ratios EMR=(2.3±0.3stat+sys±0.6model)EMR = (-2.3 \pm 0.3_{stat+sys} \pm 0.6_{model})% and CMR=(6.1±0.2stat+sys±0.5model)CMR = (-6.1 \pm 0.2_{stat+sys}\pm 0.5_{model})% and for M1+3/2=(41.4±0.3stat+sys±0.4model)(103/mπ+)M^{3/2}_{1+} = (41.4 \pm 0.3_{stat+sys}\pm 0.4_{model})(10^{-3}/m_{\pi^+}). They give credence to the conjecture of deformation in hadronic systems favoring, at low Q2Q^2, the dominance of mesonic effects.
  • 13.60.Le
  • 13.40.Gp
  • 14.20.Gk
  • electron-nucleus reactions
  • photon-nucleon interactions
  • Delta baryons