Pion cloud and the sea of the nucleon
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I review recent progress in understanding the structure of the nucleon sea and the role of the nucleon’s pion cloud. In particular, I discuss the consequences of the pion cloud for the d̄ − ū asymmetry in the proton, the neutron’s electric form factor, and the proton’s electric to magnetic form factor ratio.
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