Publication Date
1996
Abstract
The spin-independent part of the virtual Compton scattering (VCS) amplitude from the nucleon is calculated within the framework of heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory (HBChPT). The calculation is performed to third order in external momenta according to chiral power counting. The relation of the tree-level amplitudes to what is expected from the low-energy theorem is discussed. We relate the one-loop results to the structure coefficients of a low-energy expansion for the model-dependent part of the VCS amplitude recently defined by Fearing and Scherer. Finally we discuss the connection of our results with the generalized polarizabilities of the nucleon defined by Guichon, Liu and Thomas.
Recommended Citation
Hemmert, Thomas; Holstein, BR; and al, et., "Virtual Compton Scattering and Generalized Polarizabilities of the Nucleon in Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory" (1996). Physics Department Faculty Publication Series. 520.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/520
Comments
This is the pre-published version received from arXiv.