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Phys. Rev. C 60, 025207 (1999) [3 pages]

Neutron charge radius and the Dirac equation

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M. Bawin*
Université de Liège, Institut de Physique B5, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium

S. A. Coon
Physics Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

Received 14 April 1999; published 23 July 1999

We consider the Dirac equation for a finite-size neutron in an external electric field. We explicitly incorporate Dirac-Pauli form factors into the Dirac equation. After a nonrelativistic reduction, the Darwin-Foldy term is cancelled by a contribution from the Dirac form factor, so that the only coefficient of the external field charge density is (e/6)rEn2, i.e., the root mean square radius associated with the electric Sachs form factor. Our result is similar to a recent result of Isgur, and reconciles two apparently conflicting viewpoints about the use of the Dirac equation for the description of nucleons.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.60.025207
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.60.025207
PACS:
14.20.Dh, 03.65.Pm, 13.40.Gp, 13.60.Fz

*Electronic address: michel.bawin@ulg.ac.be

Electronic address: coon@nmsu.edu