Deuteron form factor

Glennys R. Farrar, Khadra Huleihel, Huayi Zhang

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    Abstract

    We obtain the perturbative QCD (PQCD) prediction for the leading twist deuteron form factor, treated as a pair of nucleons in nonrelativistic bound state. It is <10-3 times experiment at Q2=4 GeV2, suggesting that PQCD is not relevant to the deuteron form factor at present values of Q2, or that nonnucleon (e.g., "hidden color") degrees of freedom must be included for a correct description of the deuteron. The tree-level amplitude ∼eg10 and is the sum of several 106 Feynman diagrams, making it an interesting case study in the behavior of perturbation theory.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)650-653
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume74
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1995

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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