Inelastic photon scattering and the magnetic moment of the $\Delta$ (1232) resonance

Abstract

The reaction $\gamma +p\to {\gamma }^{\prime }+p+{\pi }^0$ has been suggested as a means to deduce the ${\Delta }^{+}$ magnetic moment. The cross section for this process is estimated in both the constituent quark model and an effective Lagrangian procedure. The resulting total cross section is of the order 5-10 nb, which is at the limit of present experimental capabilities.

Comments: 11 pages, 3 figures