arXiv · nucl-th/0301034
Induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon at two-loop order in chiral perturbation theory
Abstract
We calculate the imaginary part of the induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon $G_P(t)$ in the framework of two-loop heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory. The effect of the calculated three-pion continuum on the pseudoscalar constant $g_P = (m_μ/2M) G_P(t=-0.877m_μ^2)$ measurable in ordinary muon capture $μ^-p\to ν_μn$ turns out to be negligibly small. Possible contributions from counterterms at two-loop order are numerically smaller than the uncertainty of the dominant pion-pole term proportional to the pion-nucleon coupling constant $g_{πN}= 13.2\pm 0.2$. We conclude that a sufficiently accurate representation of the induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon at low momentum transfers $t$ is given by the sum of the pion-pole term and the Adler-Dothan-Wolfenstein term: $G_P(t) = 4g_{πN} M f_π/ (m_π^2 -t)- 2g_A M^2 < r_A^2 >/3$, with $ = (0.44 \pm 0.02)$ fm$^2$ the axial mean square radius of the nucleon.
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N. Kaiser. 2003-01-10. Induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon at two-loop order in chiral perturbation theory. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.67.027002
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