Electroweak radiative corrections to parity-violating electroexcitation of the Delta

Authors

SL Zhu
CM Maekawa
G Sacco
BR HolsteinFollow
MJ Ramsey-Musolf

Publication Date

2002

Journal or Book Title

PHYSICAL REVIEW D

Abstract

We analyze the degree to which parity-violating (PV) electroexcitation of the Δ(1232) resonance may be used to extract the weak neutral axial vector transition form factors. We find that the axial vector electroweak radiative corrections are large and theoretically uncertain, thereby modifying the nominal interpretation of the PV asymmetry in terms of the weak neutral form factors. We also show that, in contrast with the situation for elastic electron scattering, the axial N→Δ PV asymmetry does not vanish at the photon point as a consequence of a new term entering the radiative corrections. We argue that an experimental determination of these radiative corrections would be of interest for hadron structure theory, possibly shedding light on the violation of Hara’s theorem in weak, radiative hyperon decays.

Comments

This is the pre-published version retrieved from arXiv. The published version is located at http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v65/i3/e033001

Pages

-

Volume

65

Issue

3

Recommended Citation

Zhu, SL; Maekawa, CM; Sacco, G; Holstein, BR; and Ramsey-Musolf, MJ, "Electroweak radiative corrections to parity-violating electroexcitation of the Delta" (2002). PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 299.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/299