Frame dependence of form factors in light-front dynamics
Abstract
In light-front dynamics, form factors are traditionally computed with the “good current” J+ within the Drell-Yan frame q+ = 0 . Due to truncations imposed in practical calculations, the from factor may acquire frame dependence, which is often neglected. In this work, we explore the form factors in more general frames, preserving the boost covariance. We find the frame dependence of the elastic form factors for mesons is small in basis light-front holography and related models with two-body Fock space truncation. We suggest to use the difference between form factor results from Drell-Yan frame and the “longitudinal frame” as a metric for the violation of the Lorentz symmetry due to Fock space truncation.
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- Research Org.:
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1430381
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1498958
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-87ER40371; FG02-04ER41302; SC0018223; SC0015376
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 97 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Li, Yang, Maris, Pieter, and Vary, James P. Frame dependence of form factors in light-front dynamics. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.054034.
Li, Yang, Maris, Pieter, & Vary, James P. Frame dependence of form factors in light-front dynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.054034
Li, Yang, Maris, Pieter, and Vary, James P. Thu .
"Frame dependence of form factors in light-front dynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.054034.
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title = {Frame dependence of form factors in light-front dynamics},
author = {Li, Yang and Maris, Pieter and Vary, James P.},
abstractNote = {In light-front dynamics, form factors are traditionally computed with the “good current” J+ within the Drell-Yan frame q+ = 0 . Due to truncations imposed in practical calculations, the from factor may acquire frame dependence, which is often neglected. In this work, we explore the form factors in more general frames, preserving the boost covariance. We find the frame dependence of the elastic form factors for mesons is small in basis light-front holography and related models with two-body Fock space truncation. We suggest to use the difference between form factor results from Drell-Yan frame and the “longitudinal frame” as a metric for the violation of the Lorentz symmetry due to Fock space truncation.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.97.054034},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {3}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.054034
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