Proton charge density

Abstract

The recent experiments on electron-proton scattering (1) carried out at Stanford have begun to give some insight into the structure of the charge distribution in a physical proton. This distribution of charge is, in the outer regions, probably produced by the cloud of virtual π mesons surrounding the proton. Near the core, however, heavier mesons will undoubtedly also contribute. Since a large number of phenomena involving π mesons can be described reasonably well in terms of the theory of Chew and Low(2), it is of interest to find the meson charge density predicted by this theory.

Files

Additional details