Covariant Spectator Theory of np scattering: Deuteron magnetic moment and form factors
- JLAB
The deuteron magnetic moment is calculated using two model wave functions obtained from 2007 high precision fits to $np$ scattering data. Included in the calculation are a new class of isoscalar $np$ interaction currents which are automatically generated by the nuclear force model used in these fits. After normalizing the wave functions, nearly identical predictions are obtained: model WJC-1, with larger relativistic P-state components, gives 0.863(2), while model WJC-2 with very small $$P$$-state components gives 0.864(2) These are about 1\% larger than the measured value of the moment, 0.857 n.m., giving a new prediction for the size of the $$\rho\pi\gamma$ exchange, and other purely transverse interaction currents that are largely unconstrained by the nuclear dynamics. The physical significance of these results is discussed, and general formulae for the deuteron form factors, expressed in terms of deuteron wave functions and a new class of interaction current wave functions, are given.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- OSTI ID:
- 1133815
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-THY-14-1864; DOE/OR/23177-3037; arXiv:1404.1584
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. C, Vol. 89, Issue 06
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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