The Form Factors of the Nucleons: Present Status - Fisica

Outline: Nucleon Form Factors
The two methods to obtain GE and GM, the space-like electromagnetic
form factors of the proton and neutron, are Rosenbluth separation
based on cross sections, and asymmetry in double polarization as in
Compare old and new results for G E and G M, proton and neutron.
Highlight new paradigm.
Short theory overview.
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Comparison of G E/G M and F 2/F 1 to theoretical model predictions,
for proton and neutron.
Some consequences for structure and shape of the nucleon.
Validity of Born approximation: Radiative corrections? Or just physics.
What is the radius of the proton?
C.F. Perdrisat, V. Punjabi, M. Vanderhaeghen, Progress in Particle and Nuclear
Physics, 59 (2007), 694, and, on the web:
C.F. Perdrisat, V. Punjabi www.scholarpedia.org/article/Nucleon_Form_factors
(2010)
2/17/2013 C.F. Perdrisat SAEMP Trento 2013
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