Two-component model for the deuteron electromagnetic structure

Abstract

We suggest a simple phenomenological parametrization for all three deuteron electromagnetic form factors, and show that a good fit on the available data, with a minimal number of parameters, can be obtained. The present description of the deuteron electromagnetic structure is based on two components with different radii, one corresponding to two nucleons separated by $\simeq$2 fm, and a standard isoscalar contribution, saturated by $\omega$ and $\varphi$ mesons, only.

5 pages, 6 fig. 2 tables