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Nucleon mass difference and off-shell form factors

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

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The use of off-shell form factors in calculating the protonneutron mass difference is advocated. These form factors appear in a Cottingham-rotated Born-like expression for the mass difference and could lead to a good value for Δ=M p −M n.

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Si consiglia l’uso dei fattori di forma fuori dallo strato di massa nel calcolo della differenza fra le masse del protone e del neutrone. Questi fattori di forma compaiono in un’espressione del tipo di Born rotata secondo Cottingham per l’espressione della differenza di massa e potrebbero portare a un valore soddisfacente di Δ=M p −M n.

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Kimel, I. Nucleon mass difference and off-shell form factors. Nuov Cim A 66, 450–458 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730366

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