Front-form calculation of the deuteron EM form factors

Abstract

The deuteron form factors are calculated in the framework of the relativistic nucleon-meson dynamics. The relativistic effects change considerably the S- and D-waves of the deuteron, result in the dominating extra component in the deuteron wave function and generate the contact interaction between the nucleon, mesons and photon. The prediction for the polarization observable $t_{20}$ is in good agreement with the recent data of TJNAF/CEBAF.

4 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the XVI European Conference on Few-Body problems in Physics, Autrans june 1998. To appear in Few-Body Systems Suppl. Latex.tar.gz file