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Isgur-Wise form factors of heavy baryons within a light-front constituent quark model
The space-like elastic form factors of baryons containing a heavy quark are
investigated within a light-front constituent quark model in the limit of
infinite heavy-quark mass, adopting a gaussian-like ansatz for the three-quark
wave function. The results obtained for the Isgur-Wise form factors
corresponding both to a spin-0 and a spin-1 light spectator pair are presented.
It is found that the Isgur-Wise functions depend strongly on the baryon
structure, being sharply different in case of diquark-like or collinear-type
configurations in the three-quark system. It is also shown that the
relativistic effects lead to a saturation property of the form factors as a
function of the baryon size. Our results are compared with those of different
models as well as with recent predictions from QCD sum rules and lattice QCD
simulations; the latter ones seem to suggest the dominance of collinear-type
configurations, in which the heavy-quark is sitting close to the center-of-mass
of the light quark pair.Comment: latex, 15 pp., 6 figures with epsfig.st
Light-front CQM calculations of baryon electromagnetic form factors
The parameter-free predictions for the and electromagnetic transition form factors, obtained within our
light-front constituent quark model using eigenfunctions of a baryon mass
operator which includes a large amount of configuration mixing, are reported.
The effects due to small components in the baryon wave functions, such as S'-
and D-wave, are also investigated.Comment: to appear in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Hadron
Dynamics with the new DAPHNE and CEBAF facilities, Frascati, Italy, 11-14
November 199
A light-front description of electromagnetic form factors for hadrons
A review of the hadron electromagnetic form factors obtained in a light-front
constituent quark model, based on the eigenfunctions of a mass operator, is
presented. The relevance of different components in the q-q interaction for the
description of hadron experimental form factors is analysed.Comment: 6 pages, Latex, 3 Postscript figures included. Proceedings of
"Nucleon 99", Frascati, June 1999. To appear in Nucl. Phys.
Charge form factor of and mesons
The charge form factor of and mesons is evaluated adopting a
relativistic constituent quark model based on the light-front formalism. The
relevance of the high-momentum components of the meson wave function, for
values of the momentum transfer accessible to energies, is illustrated.
The predictions for the elastic form factor of and mesons are
compared with the results of different relativistic approaches, showing that
the measurements of the pion and kaon form factors planned at could
provide information for discriminating among various models of the meson
structure.Comment: 8 pages, latex, 4 figures available as separate .uu fil
Nucleon generalized polarizabilities within a relativistic Constituent Quark Model
Nucleon generalized polarizabilities are investigated within a relativistic
framework, defining such quantities through a Lorentz covariant multipole
expansion of the amplitude for virtual Compton scattering. The key physical
ingredients in the calculation of the nucleon polarizabilities are the Lorentz
invariant reduced matrix elements of the electromagnetic transition current,
which can be evaluated from off-energy-shell helicity amplitudes. The evolution
of the proton paramagnetic polarizability, , as a function of
the virtual-photon three-momentum transfer is explicitly evaluated within
a relativistic constituent quark model by adopting transition form factors
obtained in the light-front formalism. The discussion is focussed on the role
played by the effects due to the relativistic approach and to the transition
form factors, derived within different models.Comment: 14 pages and three figures (included), to appear in Phys. Rev. C (May
1998
Space-like and time-like pion electromagnetic form factor and Fock state components within the Light-Front dynamics
The simultaneous investigation of the pion electromagnetic form factor in the
space- and time-like regions within a light-front model allows one to address
the issue of non-valence components of the pion and photon wave functions. Our
relativistic approach is based on a microscopic vector meson dominance (VMD)
model for the dressed vertex where a photon decays in a quark-antiquark pair,
and on a simple parametrization for the emission or absorption of a pion by a
quark. The results show an excellent agreement in the space like region up to
-10 , while in time-like region the model produces reasonable
results up to 10 .Comment: 74 pages, 11 figures, use revtex
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