The Pion Cloud of the Nucleon: Facts and popular Fantasies

Abstract

I discuss the concept of the pion cloud surrounding the nucleon and other hadrons - and its limitations.

arXiv comment9 pp, 3 figs, invited talk, to appear in the proceedings of the workshop ``Shape of Hadrons'' (Athens, Greece, 2006)

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