Neutron Charge Density from Simple Pion Cloud Models

Jun, 2009
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 80 (2009) 025206
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Report number:
  • NT@UW-09-14

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The physical nucleon is modeled as a bare nucleon surrounded by a pion cloud using a psuedoscalar pion-nucleon coupling to examine its implications for the neutron form factor, F_1, and the corresponding transverse charge density in the infinite momentum frame. Two versions, one with a tunable Pauli-Villars parameter, and one with light-front cloudy-bag pion-nucleon form factors, are examined. A qualitative agreement with the experimental form factor (negative definite for all Q^2) and transverse charge density are achieved when the nucleon is treated as having a finite extent. The bare nucleon must have a finite extent if this model is to account for a negative definite F_1, and consequently a negative transverse charge density of the neutron at its center.
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