A new mechanism for the electromagnetic transition γ* N→N* (1535)
- Received Date: 2009-08-27
- Accepted Date: 2009-09-15
- Available Online: 2010-02-05
Abstract:
The helicity amplitude Ap1/2 for the electromagnetic transition γ* N→N*(1535) is investigated. It is found that a new mechanism γ*→qq plays an important role in order to improve the description of this transition. On one hand, the Ap1/2 is decreased to fall in the data range at the photon point Q2=0, while on the other hand, the new mechanism makes the function Ap1/2(Q2) to decrease more slowly vs increasing Q2, as required by the data.