Dispersion Relations and the Nucleon Polarizability

Abstract

Recent experimental results on the proton and neutron polarizabilities are examined from the point of view of backward dispersion relations. Results are found to be in reasonable agreement with the measured values. A rigorous relationship between the nucleon and pion polarizabilities is derived and shown to be in excellent agreement with several models.

Comments: (UMHEP-404, 18 pg. Latex, figures available upon request from holstein@phast.umass.edu)