Baryon Form Factors at High Momentum Transfer and GPD's

Abstract

Nucleon elastic and transition form factors at high momentum transfer -t are treated in terms of generalized parton distributions in a two-body framework. In this framework the high -t dependence of the form factors give information about the high k_perp, or short distance b_perp correlations of nucleon model wave functions. Applications are made to elastic and resonance nucleon form factors, and real Compton Scattering.