Low Energy Compton Scattering and Nucleon Structure
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The low energy virtual Compton scattering process eN → eNγ offers a new and potentially high resolution window on nucleon structure via measurement of so-called generalized polarizabilities (GPs). We present calculations of GPs within heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory and discuss present experimental efforts.
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