A relativistic study of the nucleon form factors

We perform a calculation of the relativistic corrections to the electromagnetic elastic form factors of the nucleon obtained with various Constituent Quark Models. With respect to the non relativistic calculations a substantial improvement is obtained up to Q^2 about 2 (GeV/c)^2.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures (1a,1b,1c,2a,2b,2c), to be published on Z. Phys.

Electromagnetic Form Factors and the Hypercentral CQM

New results about the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon are obtained with a semirelativistic version of the hypercentral constituent quark model (hCQM) and a relativistic current. The complex structure of the constituent quarks is taken into account implicitly by means of phenomenological constituent quark form factors. We obtain a detailed reproduction of the experimental data up to $5 GeV^2$, moreover our findings about constituent quark root mean square radii are of the same order than the recent ones obtained analyzing the proton structure functions.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure

Single Spin Asymmetries in Semi-Inclusive Electroproduction: Access to Transversity

We discuss the quark transversity distribution function and a possible way to access it through the measurement of single spin azimuthal asymmetry in semi-inclusive single pion electroproduction on a transversely polarized target.Comment: 5 pages, Latex using aipproc.sty (included), to appear in proceedings of "Second Workshop on Physics with an Electron Polarized Light Ion Collider", Sept. 14-16, 2000, MIT, Cambridge, US

Covariant Impulse Approximation for the study of the internal structure of composite particles

We present a brief review on the Impulse Approximation method to study processes of scattering off composite particles. We first construct the model in a non-relativistic fashion that enables us to extend the model to a covariant Impulse Approximation, which is needed for the study of high momentum transfer processes.Comment: 8 Page