The anapole form factor of the deuteron

We find the leading-order result for the anapole form factor of the deutero n using effective field theory. The momentum dependence of the anapole form factor is different from that of the matrix element of the strange current s in the deuteron, which may provide a way for disentangling these two comp eting effects when analyzing parity-violating electron-deuteron scattering experiments. We give closed form expressions for both the form factor and i ntegrals often encountered in the NN effective field theory. (C) 2001 Elsev ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.