Electromagnetic transition form factors of nucleons from the hard-wall AdS/QCD model

TL;DR

This paper models nucleon electromagnetic transition form factors using the hard-wall AdS/QCD approach, providing theoretical predictions for transition amplitudes and form factors relevant to nucleon excited states.

Contribution

It introduces a holographic model calculation of nucleon transition form factors, connecting AdS/QCD profiles with observable electromagnetic properties.

Findings

Calculated Dirac and Pauli form factors for specific nucleon transitions.

Presented spiral amplitudes for R(1710, 1535, 1440) to N transitions.

Provided momentum dependence plots of form factors.

Abstract

The electromagnetic transition form factors for the transition between the ground and excited states of nucleons are studied in the framework of the hard-wall model of AdS/QCD. The profile functions of the spinor and vector fields in the bulk of AdS space are presented. Using AdS/CFT correspondence between the generating functions in the bulk and boundary theories an expression for the transition form factors are obtained from the bulk action for the interaction between the photon and nucleon fields. We consider the R(1710, 1535, 1440)\rightarrow N transitions and plot the Dirac and Pauli form factor dependencies on transferred momentum square. Also, the spiral amplitudes for these transitions are presented.