Novel analysis of chiral loop effects in the generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule

Abstract

We study the chiral loop corrections to the generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule of the nucleon for finite photon virtuality in the framework of a Lorentz-invariant formulation of baryon chiral perturbation theory. We perform a complete one-loop calculation and obtain significant differences to previously found results based on the heavy baryon approach for the proton and neutron spin-dependent forward Compton amplitudes.

7 pp, 3 figs, published version, extended discussion, minor revisions