Electromagnetic Form Factors in a Collective Model of the Nucleon

R. Bijker, F. Iachello, A. Leviatan

Published 1995-10-02, updated 1996-08-23Version 2

We study the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon in a collective model of baryons. Using the algebraic approach to hadron structure, we derive closed expressions for both elastic and transition form factors, and consequently for the helicity amplitudes that can be measured in electro- and photoproduction. Effects of spin-flavor symmetry breaking and of swelling of hadrons with increasing excitation energy are considered.