Lattice Calculation of the Strangeness Magnetic Moment of the Nucleon

Abstract

We report on a lattice QCD calculation of the strangeness magnetic moment of the nucleon. Our result is $G_M^s(0)=-0.36\pm 0.20$. The sea contributions from the u and d quarks are about 80% larger. However, they cancel to a large extent due to their electric charges, resulting in a smaller net sea contribution of $-0.097\pm 0.037{\mu }_N$ to the nucleon magnetic moment. As far as the neutron to proton magnetic moment ratio is concerned, this sea contribution tends to cancel out the cloud-quark effect from the Z-graphs and result in a ratio of $-0.68\pm 0.04$ which is close to the SU(6) relation and the experiment. The strangeness Sachs electric mean-square radius $<r_s^2{>}_E$ is found to be small and negative and the total sea contributes substantially to the neutron electric form factor.

Comments: 10 pages, 5 figures, LaTex, UK/97-23, ADP-97-55/T281