International Journal of New Horizons in Physics
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Journal

International Journal of New Horizons in Physics


Volume
& Issue

Volume 8, Issue 1


Published
on

January 1, 2021


Pages

1-9


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Article

Deuteron Electromagnetic Form Factors and Their Sensitivity to Realistic Deuteron Wave Functions

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Authors

H. M. Abou-Elsebaa Affiliation:
Physics Department, College of Science, Taibah University, Medina 41411, Saudi Arabia; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt
and E. M. Darwish* Affiliation:
Physics Department, College of Science, Taibah University, Medina 41411, Saudi Arabia; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt


Abstract

The deuteron electromagnetic form factors are calculated and their sensitivity to realistic deuteron wave functions of various realistic and high-precision NN potential models is investigated. We consider six NN potential models which are classified into local and nonlocal potentials. As local potentials, the Argonne V18, Chiral N 3LO, and Nijmegen (Nijm-II) potentials are used. For the nonlocal ones, the Bonn-Q, CD-Bonn, and Nijmegen (Nijm-I) potentials are considered. For the free nucleon form factors, the standard dipole fit for the proton and neutron form factors is used. We found that the results for deuteron form factors are slightly dependent on the NN potential model adapted for the deuteron wave function. In addition, the sensitivity of our results for deuteron form factors to the D-wave component of the deuteron wave functions is also studied. We obtained a small difference between the results with and without the D-wave contribution.


Keywords

Elastic electron scattering, Deuteron, Electromagnetic form factors, Nucleon-nucleon interactions.


Citation

Abou-Elsebaa, H. M. & Darwish, E. M. (2021). Deuteron electromagnetic form factors and their sensitivity to realistic deuteron wave functions. International Journal of New Horizons in Physics, 8(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.18576/ijnhp/080101

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