Clustering in hadrons and light nuclei from Lorentz boosted form factors

Abstract

The determination of nuclear charge radii is crucial for understanding the internal structure of nuclei and their fundamental interactions. A persistent discrepancy, not only in the measured proton charge radius but also in the light nucleus charge radius, between electron scattering and muonic spectroscopy has fueled ongoing debates in nuclear and particle physics. Using this discrepancy, we revisit the role of one of the proposed solutions, namely the use of Lorentz-boosted nuclear form factors to find a subtle connection between the boost and the cluster structure of nuclei. By applying two distinct relativistic formalisms, namely the Licht-Pagnamenta and Mitra-Kumari approaches, we systematically analyze corrections to the moments of the density distributions in hadrons and nuclei. Our results demonstrate that boosting the form factors from the Breit to the rest frame of the nucleus not only assists in reconciling the spectroscopic and scattering measurements but also provides a method to infer on the quark and nucleon cluster configurations within nuclei.

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