Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2001-06-15
Nucl.Phys.A697:388-428,2002
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
43 pages, 21 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01253-2
The impact of relativistic pionic correlations and meson-exchange currents on the response functions for electromagnetic quasielastic electron scattering from nuclei is studied in detail. Results in first-order perturbation theory are obtained for one-particle emission electronuclear reactions within the context of the relativistic Fermi gas model. Improving upon previous analyses where non-relativistic reductions of the currents were performed, here a fully relativistic analysis in which both forces and currents are treated consistently is presented. Lorentz covariance is shown to play a crucial role in enforcing the gauge invariance of the theory. Effects stemming uniquely from relativity in the pionic correlations are identified and, in particular, a comprehensive study of the self-energy contributions and of the currents associated with the pion is presented. First- and second-kind scaling for high momentum transfer is investigated.
Amaro J. E.
Barbaro Maria B.
Caballero Jose Antonio
Donnelly T. W.
Molinari Anna
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