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Title: Nucleon form factors in dispersively improved chiral effective field theory: Scalar form factor

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

We propose a method for calculating the nucleon form factors (FFs) of $$G$$-parity-even operators by combining Chiral Effective Field Theory ($$\chi$$EFT) and dispersion analysis. The FFs are expressed as dispersive integrals over the two-pion cut at $$t > 4 M_\pi^2$$. The spectral functions are obtained from the elastic unitarity condition and expressed as products of the complex $$\pi\pi \rightarrow N\bar N$$ partial-wave amplitudes and the timelike pion FF. $$\chi$$EFT is used to calculate the ratio of the partial-wave amplitudes and the pion FF, which is real and free of $$\pi\pi$$ rescattering in the $$t$$-channel ($N/D$ method). The rescattering effects are then incorporated by multiplying with the squared modulus of the empirical pion FF. The procedure results in a marked improvement compared to conventional $$\chi$$EFT calculations of the spectral functions. We apply the method to the nucleon scalar FF and compute the scalar spectral function, the scalar radius, the $$t$$-dependent FF, and the Cheng-Dashen discrepancy. Higher-order chiral corrections are estimated through the $$\pi N$$ low-energy constants. Results are in excellent agreement with dispersion-theoretical calculations. We elaborate several other interesting aspects of our method. The results show proper scaling behavior in the large-$$N_c$$ limit of QCD because the $$\chi$$EFT includes $$N$$ and $$\Delta$$ intermediate states. The squared modulus of the timelike pion FF required by our method can be extracted from Lattice QCD calculations of vacuum correlation functions of the operator at large Euclidean distances. Our method can be applied to the nucleon FFs of other operators of interest, such as the isovector-vector current, the energy-momentum tensor, and twist-2 QCD operators (moments of generalized parton distributions).

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177; FPA2016-77313-P
OSTI ID:
1410288
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1409461
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-17-2525; DOE/OR/-23177-4275; arXiv:1707.07682; PRVCAN
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 96, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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