Magnetic form factors for a trinucleon system using different meson exchange nucleon–nucleon interactions

Abstract

The magnetic form factors for the 3He and 3H nuclei have been calculated for different values of momentum transfer. The three-nucleon ground-state wave function is expressed in momentum space and is obtained from the solution of the Faddeev equations with realistic two-body potentials. The potential used is taken from the meson theory to include different meson-exchange contributions satisfying the requirements of current conservation. The different meson-exchange currents and their contributions to the trinucleon magnetic form factors are calculated. The virtual Δ-excitation and the meson–nucleon vertices form factors are included in the 3He and 3H magnetic-form-factors calculations. The present results show the importance of the higher momentum transfer region as being a good source of information to the short-range processes in the nuclear medium. Our results for the 3He and 3H magnetic form factors are in good agreements with the experimental data. The inclusion of the ρ and ω meson exchanges improves the agreement between positions of the minima of the magnetic form factors predicted and the experimental data.