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Watson's theorem and the axial transition
We present a new determination of the axial form factors from
neutrino induced pion production data. For this purpose, the model of Hernandez
{\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. D76, 033005 (2007)] is improved by partially restoring
unitarity. This is accomplished by imposing Watson's theorem on the dominant
vector and axial multipoles. As a consequence, a larger , in good
agreement with the prediction from the off-diagonal Goldberger-Treiman
relation, is now obtained.Comment: 17 latex pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Some typos correcte
Masses and magnetic moments of ground-state baryons in covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory
We report on some recent developments in our understanding of the light-quark
mass dependence and the SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking corrections to the
magnetic moments of the ground-state baryons in a covariant formulation of
baryon chiral perturbation theory, the so-called EOMS formulation. We show that
this covariant ChPT exhibits some promising features compared to its
heavy-baryon and infrared counterparts.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures; plenary talk delivered by LSG at the 14th
national conference on nuclear structure, April 12nd - 16th, 2012, Huzhou,
Chin
Chiral perturbation theory study of the axial transition
We have performed a theoretical study of the axial Nucleon to Delta(1232)
() transition form factors up to one-loop order in covariant baryon
chiral perturbation theory within a formalism in which the unphysical spin-1/2
components of the fields are decoupled.Comment: 4 page
Charged current neutrino induced coherent pion production
We analyze the neutrino induced charged current coherent pion production at
the energies of interest for recent experiments like K2K and MiniBooNE. Medium
effects in the production mechanism and the distortion of the pion wave
function, obtained solving the Klein Gordon equation with a microscopic optical
potential, are included in the calculation. We find a strong reduction of the
cross section due to these effects and also substantial modifications of the
energy distributions of the final lepton and pion.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures. Some details and new references added; results
unchanged. Accepted in PR
Neutral current coherent pion production
We investigate the neutrino induced coherent pion production reaction at low
and intermediate energies. The model includes pion, nucleon and Delta(1232)
resonance as the relevant hadronic degrees of freedom. Nuclear medium effects
on the production mechanisms and pion distortion are taken into account. We
obtain that the dominance of the Delta excitation holds due to large
cancellations among the background contributions. We consider two sets of
vector and axial-vector N-Delta transition form-factors, evidencing the strong
sensitivity of the results to the axial coupling C5A(0). The differences
between neutrino and antineutrino cross sections, emerging from interference
terms, are also discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, minor corrections, a few references adde
Leading SU(3)-breaking corrections to the baryon magnetic moments in Chiral Perturbation Theory
We calculate the baryon magnetic moments using covariant Chiral Perturbation
Theory (PT) within the Extended-on-mass-shell (EOMS) renormalization
scheme. By fitting the two available low-energy constants (LECs), we improve
the Coleman-Glashow description of the data when we include the leading SU(3)
breaking effects coming from the lowest-order loops. This success is in
dramatic contrast with previous attempts at the same order using Heavy Baryon
(HB) PT and covariant Infrared (IR) PT. We also analyze the source
of this improvement with particular attention on the comparison between the
covariant results.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in PR
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