Delta(1232) and the Polarizabilities of the Nucleon
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Previous calculations of the polarizabilities of the nucleon within the framework of heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory have included the contribution of the $Δ$(1232) only its effect on various contact terms or have been performed in chiral SU(3) where systematic errors are difficult to control. Herein we perfrom a corresponding calculation in chiral SU(2) wherein $Δ$(1232) is treated as an explicit degree of freedom and the expansion is taken to third order in soft momenta, the pion mass and the quantity $M_Δ-M_N$, collectively denoted by $ε$. We present the results of a systematic $O(ε^3)$ calculation of forward Compton scattering off the nucleon, extract the electric polarizability $\barα_E$, the magnetic polarizability $\barβ_M$ and the spin polarizability $γ$ and compare with available information from experiments and from previous calculations. Concluding with a critical discussion of our results, we point out the necessity of a future $O(ε^4)$ calculation.
36 page standard latex file plus 4 figures
36 page standard latex file plus 4 figures