Diquark electromagnetic form factors in a Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model

Abstract

Electromagnetic properties of diquarks are investigated in the framework of a color-octet Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, which describes baryons as bound states of diquarks and quarks. We calculate the electromagnetic form factors of scalar and axial vector diquark bound states using the gauge--invariant proper--time regularization. The nucleon charge radii and magnetic moments are estimated in a simple additive diquark--quark model. This picture reproduces the qualitative features such as the negative charge radius of the neutron. Within this model axial vector diquarks are seen to be important.