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Electric Quadrupole Moments of the Decuplet and the Strangeness Content of the Proton

J. Kroll, B. Schwesinger

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9405267

Abstract

In the SU3 Skyrme model the electric quadrupole moments of 32+ baryons show a strong sensitivity with respect to flavor distortions in baryon wavefunctions. SU3 symmetric wavefunctions lead to quadrupole moments proportional to the charge of the baryon whereas for strongly broken flavor symmetry a proportionality to baryonic isospin emerges. Since the flavor distortions in the wavefunctions also determine the strangeness content of the proton the Skyrme model provides a link between both quantities.

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