Charge form factor of the neutron

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5700253

Muzafarov, V M; Troitskii, V E

The charge form factor of the neutron in the region 0< or =q/sup 2/< or =152 F/sup -2/ is extracted from the existing experimental data on the differential cross section for electron--deuteron elastic scattering. A model-independent description of the deuteron structure is given on the basis of a modified dispersion approach, in which the electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron are completely determined in terms of the phase shifts for np scattering. An analytic approximation is given for the charge form factor of the neutron, G/sub E/n(q/sup 2/), over the entire range of q/sup 2/. Taking into account relativistic corrections, a value is obtained for G/sup prime//sub E/n (0) which is in agreement with indirect data on the scattering of thermal neutrons by atomic electrons.

• Research Organization: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University
• OSTI ID: 5700253
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 33:5; ISSN SJNCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
DISPERSION RELATIONS
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTRON-DEUTERON INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FORM FACTORS
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
NEUTRONS
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
SCATTERING
THERMAL NEUTRONS