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Virtual meson cloud of the nucleon and generalized parton distributions

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universita degli Studi di Pavia and INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia (Italy)
We present the general formalism required to derive generalized parton distributions within a convolution model where the bare nucleon is dressed by its virtual meson cloud. In the one-meson approximation the Fock states of the physical nucleon are expanded in a series involving a bare nucleon and two-particle, meson-baryon, states. The baryon is assumed here to be either a nucleon or a {delta} described within the constituent-quark model in terms of three-valence quarks; correspondingly, the meson, assumed to be a pion, is described as a quark-antiquark pair. Explicit expressions for the unpolarized generalized parton distributions are obtained and evaluated in different kinematics.
OSTI ID:
20782976
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 73; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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