Abstract
We introduce a collective model of baryons which are interpreted as rotations and vibrations of an oblate-top shaped string. The underlying algebraic structure provides a tractable computational framework for comparing single-particle and collective forms of dynamics. We derive mass formulas as well as closed expressions for both elastic and transition form factors, and consequently for the helicity amplitudes that can be measured in electro- and photoproduction. Effects of spin-flavor symmetry breaking and of swelling of hadrons with increasing excitation energy are considered.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 142-144 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | PiN Newsletter |
| Volume | 11 |
| State | Published - 1995 |