Hamiltonian light-front dynamics of elastic electron-deuteron scattering

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.37.2000· OSTI ID:5267312

Chung, P L; Coester, F; Keister, B D; Polyzou, W N

Relativistic calculations of elastic electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron are presented for momentum transfers up to 8 GeV/sup 2/. Standard nucleon-nucleon interactions are used to construct a unitary representation of the inhomogeneous Lorentz group on the two-nucleon Hilbert space. Deuteron wave functions represent eigenstates of the four-momentum operator. Existing parametrizations of measured single-nucleon form factors are used to construct a conserved covariant electromagnetic current operator. Deuteron form factors are computed in terms of matrix elements of the current operator and the deuteron wave functions. The results are compared to experiment. The size of relativistic effects, scaling behavior, sensitivity to the nucleon-nucleon interactions, and effects of the uncertainties in measured nucleon form factors are investigated.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 Department of Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5267312
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 37:5; ISSN PRVCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BANACH SPACE
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BOUND STATE
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
DEUTERONS
EIGENSTATES
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS
ELECTRON REACTIONS
ELECTRON-DEUTERON INTERACTIONS
ENERGY RANGE
FORM FACTORS
FUNCTIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 01-10
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
HILBERT SPACE
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON REACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS
MASS SPECTRA
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
MATRIX ELEMENTS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
QUANTUM OPERATORS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SCATTERING
SPACE
SPECTRA
TARGETS
TRANSFORMATIONS
WAVE FUNCTIONS