On the electromagnetic form factors of the proton from generalized Skyrme models

Abstract

We compare the prediction of Skyrme-like effective Lagrangians with data for electromagnetic form factors of proton and consider the possibility of fixing the parameters of these higher-order Lagrangians. Our results indicate that one or two-parameter models can lead to better agreement with the data but more accurate determination of the effective Lagragian faces theoretical uncertainties.

Comments: 8 pages, 2 figures, revtex