Proton electromagnetic-form-factor ratios at low Q(2)

作者:Miller Gerald A*; Piasetzky E; Ron G
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101(8): 082002.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.082002

摘要

We study the ratio R equivalent to mu G(E)(Q(2))/G(M)(Q(2)) of the proton at very small values of Q(2). Radii commonly associated with these form factors are not moments of charge or magnetization densities. We show that the form factor F(2) is correctly interpretable as the two-dimensional Fourier transformation of a magnetization density. A relationship between the measurable ratio and moments of true charge and magnetization densities is derived and used to show that the magnetization density extends further than the charge density, in contrast with expectations based on the measured reduction of R as Q(2) increases.

  • 出版日期2008-8-22