Generalized Parton Distrbutions and Nucleon Form Factors

Abstract

The Dirac and Pauli form factors of the proton and neutron are obtained in the framework of the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) with some simple momentum transfer dependence. It is shown that both sets of the existing experimental data of the form factors, obtained by the Rosenbluth and polarization transfer, can be described by changing only the slope of the GPDs $E$. The description of neutron form factors is substantially better when the proton data obtained by the studies of polarization transfer are used.