Electromagnetic Gauge Invariance of the Cloudy Bag Model

Abstract

We examine the question of the gauge invariance of electromagnetic form factors calculated within the cloudy bag model. One of the assumptions of the model is that electromagnetic form factors are most accurately evaluated in the Breit frame. This feature is used to show that gauge invariance is respected in this frame.

8 pages, RevTex, 1 figure, to be published in Phys. Rev. C

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