Nucleon Charge and Magnetization Densities

Abstract

A Fourier-Bessel analysis is used to fit charge and magnetization densities to data for the nucleon Sachs form factors. The neutron and proton magnetization densities are very similar, but the proton charge density is significantly softer. A useful measurement of the neutron charge density is obtained, although the relative uncertainty in the interior will remain substantially larger than for the other densities until precise new data at higher Q^2 become available.