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Title: Nonperturbative relativistic approach to pion form factors: Predictions for future JLab experiments

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Samara State University, RU-443011 Samara (Russian Federation)
  2. D. V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, RU-119991 Moscow (Russian Federation)

Some predictions concerning possible results of the future experiments at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) on the pion form factor F{sub {pi}}(Q{sup 2}) are made. The calculations exploit the method proposed previously by the authors and based on the instant-form Poincare invariant approach to pions, considered as quark-antiquark systems. This model has predicted with surprising accuracy the values of F{sub {pi}}(Q{sup 2}), which were measured later in JLab experiments. The results are almost independent from the form of wave function. The pion mean square radius <r{sub {pi}}{sup 2}> and the decay constant f{sub {pi}} also agree with experimental values. The model gives powerlike asymptotic behavior of F{sub {pi}}(Q{sup 2}) at high momentum transfer in agreement with QCD predictions.

OSTI ID:
21296537
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 80, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.055210; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English