ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM-FACTORS OF THE P-MESON IN A LIGHT-FRONT CONSTITUENT QUARK-MODEL

The electromagnetic form factors of the rho meson are evaluated adopti ng a relativistic constituent quark model based on the light-front for malism, and using a meson wave function with the high-momentum tail ge nerated by the one-gluon-exchange interaction. The breakdown of the ro tational covariance for the one-body component of the current operator is investigated and the sensitivity of the ratio of the rho-meson for m factors to the pion (charge) form factor to the spin-dependent compo nent of the effective <q(q)over bar> interaction is illustrated.