Dispersion theory of nucleon Compton scattering and polarizabilities

DOI10.1002/PROP.201300007zbMATH Open1338.81360arXiv1301.1567OpenAlexW2043189131WikidataQ63353470 ScholiaQ63353470MaRDI QIDQ2812971FDOQ2812971

M. D. Scadron, Martin Schumacher

Publication date: 13 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A status report on the topic Compton scattering and polarizabilities is presented with emphasis on the scalar t-channel as entering into dispersion theory. Precise values for the polarizabilities are obtained leading to $alph{a}_p=12.0pm0.6$ $(12.0)$, $$ $(1.9)$, $alph{a}_n=12.5pm1.7$ $(13.4)$, $$ $(1.8)$ in units of $10^{-4}$ fm${}^3$ and $gamm{a}_p^{(p)}i=-36.4pm1.5$ $(-36.6)$, $gamm{a}_p^{(n)}i=58.6pm4.0$ $(58.3)$, $(gamm{a}_0^{(p)}=-0.58pm0.20)$, $(gamm{a}_0^{(n)}=+0.38pm0.22)$ in units of $10^{-4}$ fm${}^4$, for the proton (p) and neutron (n), respectively. The data given with an error are {it recommended} experimental values with updates compared to [1] where necessary, the data in parentheses are predicted values. These predicted values are not contained in [1], but are the result of a newly developed analysis which is the main topic of the present paper. The most important recent discovery is that the largest part of the electric polarizability and the total diamagnetic polarizability of the nucleon are properties of the $sigma$ meson as part of the constituent-quark structure, as expected from the mechanism of chiral symmetry breaking. This view is supported by an experiment on Compton scattering by the proton carried out in the second resonance region, where a large contribution from the $sigma$ meson enters into the scattering amplitudes. This experiment led to a determination of the mass of the $sigma$ meson of $m_{s}igma=600pm70$ MeV. From the experimental $alph{a}_p$ and predicted differences $(alph{a}_n-alph{a}_p)$ neutron polarizabilities in the range $alph{a}_n=12.0-13.4$ are predicted, where the uncertainties are related to the $f_0(980)$ and $a_0(980)$ scalar mesons.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1567

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Quantum optics (81V80) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory (81U30)

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