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.
Pages
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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
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