Quantum Chromodynamic Predictions for the Deuteron Form Factor
Author(s) -
Stanley J. Brodsky,
ChuengRyong Ji,
G. Peter Lepage
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.51.83
Subject(s) - physics , deuterium , nucleon , particle physics , quantum chromodynamics , quark , nuclear physics , form factor (electronics) , meson , perturbative qcd , asymptotic freedom , quantum electrodynamics , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , amplitude , quantum mechanics
The asymptotic large-momentum-transfer behavior of the deuteron form factor and the form of the deuteron distribution amplitude at short distances are derived from perturbative quantum chromodynamics. The fact that the six-quark state is 80% hidden color at small transverse separation implies that the deuteron form factors cannot be described at large Q/sup 2/ by meson-nucleon degrees of freedom, and that the nucleon-nucleon potential is repulsive at short distances.
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