L. Amoreira et al., Delta(1232) electroproduction amplitudes in chiral soliton models of the nucleon - art. no. 045202, PHYS REV C, 6204(4), 2000, pp. 5202
The multipole amplitudes for the N-Delta(1232) electromagnetic transition a
re computed in the framework of the linear a model and the chiral chromodie
lectric model for small and moderate photon virtualities. The models includ
e quark and meson degrees of freedom and the nucleon and the Delta are clus
ters of three valence hedgehog quarks surrounded by meson clouds described
by coherent states. Angular momentum and isospin projections are performed
to endow model states representing the nucleon and the a with proper quantu
m numbers. Recoil corrections involved in the process gamma(v)N-->Delta are
taken into account by performing linear momentum projection of the initial
and final baryon states. The ratios E2/M1 and C2/M1 are in good agreement
with the data in the two models, but the magnetic amplitude is better repro
duced in the linear sigma model. The ratios show little dependence with the
model parameters. Both in the linear sigma model and in the chromodielectr
ic model the charged pions are responsible for the nonvanishing quadrupole-
electric and -Coulomb amplitudes. The recoil corrections enhance the result
s obtained for the amplitudes without linear momentum projection, improving
the comparison with experimental data. The dependence of the theoretical a
mplitudes with the choice of the reference frame is also studied.