A Dynamical Model for the Resonant Multipoles and the $Δ$ Structure

Abstract

We show that recent experiment data for the ratios $E_{1^+}/M_{1^+}$ and $S_{1^+}/M_{1^+}$ can be explained in a dynamical model for electromagnetic production of pions, together with a simple scaling assumption for the bare $γ^* N Δ$ form factors. Within our model we find that the bare $Δ$ is almost spherical and the electric E2 and Coulomb C2 quadrupole excitations of the physical $Δ$ are nearly saturated by pion cloud contribution in $Q^2 \le 4.0 GeV^2$.

8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proc. of "NSTAR2000 - The Physics of Excited Nucleons", Feb. 16-19, 2000, Jefferson Lab, USA, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000