The Structure of the Nucleon

As the only stable baryon, the nucleon is of crucial importance in particle physics. Since the nucleon is a building block for all atomic nuclei, there is a need to analyse the its structure in order to fully understand the essential properties of all atomic nuclei. After more than forty years of research on the nucleon, both the experimental and theoretical situations have matured to a point where a synthesis of the results becomes indispensable. Here, A.W. Thomas and W. Weise present a unique report on the extensive empirical studies, theoretical foundations and the different models of the nucleon. The appendices provide an extensive summary of formulae needed in practical calculations. From the contents: electromagnetic structure of the nucleon, weak probes of nucleon structure, deep inelastic lepton scattering on the nucleon; elements of QCD, aspects of non-perturbative QCD, Chiral Symmetry and nucleon structure, models of the nucleon

Table of Contents:
Introduction ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEON Elastic Electron Scattering Electromagnetic Form Factors of the Nucleon Nucleon Resonances Compton Scattering WEAK PROBES OF NUCLEON STRUCTURE Matrix Elements of the Weak Currents The Axial Matrix Elements in Charged Current Neutrino Reactions Beta-Decay Myon Capture Near Threshold Pion Electroproduction Neutral Current Interactions DEEP-INELASTIC LEPTON SCATTERING ON THE NUCLEON The Parton Model Scaling Violations Sum Rules Neutrino Deep-Inelastic Scattering Experimental Results for Unpolarised Targets Spin Dependent Structure Functions Qualitative Understanding of Parton Distributions ELEMENTS OF QCD Basic Lagrangian Feynman Rules Renormalization The Renormalization Group Deep Inelastic Scattering: Parton Model Deep Inelastic Scattering within QCD ASPECTS OF NON-PERTUBATIVE QCD Symmetries, Currents and Anomalies Structure of the QCD Vacuum: Brief Survey QCD Sum Rules Lattice QCD and the Nucleon CHIRAL SYMMETRY AND NUCLEON STRUCTURE Chiral Effective Field Theory Baryon Masses and Sigma Terms Chiral Low Energy Theorems Summary: The Pion Cloud of the Nucleon MODELS OF THE NUCLEON Survey Non-relativistic Quark Models Soliton Models Bag Models Chiral Quark Models Chiral Solitons Final Remarks App. A Notations and Conventions App. B Cross Sections for Lepton and Photon Nucleon Scattering