The contribution of isospin admixtures in the ground state of the He-4 nucleus is studied using wave functions derived from the most modern nuclear interactions, including isospin symmetry breaking terms. The present calculations show that this contribution is larger than previous estimates had indicated. Its effect on parity violating elastic scattering of polarized electrons from He-4 is investigated. In particular, a simple analysis of the recently measured left-right asymmetry at low Q^2 shows that the contribution of these isospin admixtures is of comparable magnitude to that associated with strangeness components in the nucleon electric form factor.
Isospin Mixing in the 4He Bound State and the Nucleon Strange Form Factor
GIRLANDA, Luca;
2007-01-01
Abstract
The contribution of isospin admixtures in the ground state of the He-4 nucleus is studied using wave functions derived from the most modern nuclear interactions, including isospin symmetry breaking terms. The present calculations show that this contribution is larger than previous estimates had indicated. Its effect on parity violating elastic scattering of polarized electrons from He-4 is investigated. In particular, a simple analysis of the recently measured left-right asymmetry at low Q^2 shows that the contribution of these isospin admixtures is of comparable magnitude to that associated with strangeness components in the nucleon electric form factor.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
