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Resonance production by neutrinos: The second resonance region Olga Lalakulich, * Emmanuel A. Paschos, and Giorgi Piranishvili Institute of Physics, Dortmund University, 44221, Germany (Received 22 February 2006; published 13 July 2006) The article contains new results for spin-3=2 and -1=2 resonances. It specializes to the second resonance region, which includes the P 11 1440, D 13 1520 and S 11 1535 resonances. New data on electroproduc- tion enable us to determine the vector form factors accurately. Estimates for the axial couplings are obtained from decay rates of the resonances with the help of the partially conserved axial current (PCAC) hypothesis. We present cross sections to be compared with the running and future experiments. The article is self-contained and allows the reader to write simple programs for reproducing the cross sections and for obtaining additional differential cross sections. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.014009 PACS numbers: 14.20.Gk, 13.40.Gp I. INTRODUCTION In previous articles [1,2] we described the formalism for the excitation of the P 33 1232 resonance. In the mean- while, we extended the analysis to the second resonance region, which includes three isospin 1=2 states: P 11 1440, D 13 1520, S 11 1535. The dominant P 33 1232 has been observed in neutrino reactions and there are several theo- retical articles which describe it with dynamical calcula- tions based on unitarized amplitudes through dispersion relations [3], phenomenological [4 7] and quark models [8 10], as well as models incorporating mesonic states [11] including a cloud of pions. Articles in the past five years have taken a closer look at the data by analyzing the dependence on neutrino energy and Q 2 [1,2,5]. So far a consistent picture emerged to be tested in the new accurate experiments. For the higher resonances there are several articles, that describe their excitation by electrons [12 15], and only one [8] by neutrinos. Experimental data for neutrino exci- tation of these resonances are very scarce and come from old bubble-chamber experiments [16 20]. In the new ex- periments, studying neutrino oscillations, there is a strong interest to go beyond the quasielastic scattering [21,22] and understand the excitation of these resonances. One reason comes from the long-baseline experiments where the two detectors (nearby and faraway) observe different regions of neutrino fluxes and kinematic regions of the produced particles. A basic problem with resonances deals with the deter- mination of their form factors (coupling constants and Q 2 dependences). The problem was apparent in the reso- nance where after many years several of the form factors and their Q 2 dependence became accurately known and were found to deviate from the dipoles. The situation is more serious for the higher resonances where the results of specific models are used. In this article we adopt the approach of determining the vector couplings from helicity amplitudes of electroproduction data, which became re- cently available from the Jefferson Laboratory [23 25] and Mainz accelerator [26]. This requires that we write amplitudes for electroproduction in terms of the electro- magnetic form factors and then relate them to the vector form factors that we use in neutrino reactions. The above approach together with the conserved vector current (CVC) hypothesis uniquely specifies the couplings and the Q 2 -dependences in the region of Q 2 where data is available, that is for Q 2 < 3:5 GeV 2 . The axial form factors are more difficult to determine. For the axial form factors we adopt an effective Lagrangian for the R ! N couplings and calculate the decay widths. For each resonance we assume PCAC which gives us one relation and a second coupling is determined using the decay width of each resonance. Having determined the couplings for the four reso- nances, we are able to calculate differential and integrated cross sections. This way we investigate several properties in the excitation of the resonances. We find that a second resonance peak with an invariant mass between 1.4 GeV and 1.6 GeV should be observable provided that neutrino energy is larger than 2–3 GeV. Calculating cross sections in terms of the resonances provides a benchmark for their contribution and allows investigators to decide, when more precise data becomes available, whether a smooth back- ground contribution is required. Integrated cross section already suggest the presence of a background. In Secs. II, III, and IV we present the formalism and give expressions for the vector form factors. Estimates for the axial form factors are presented in the Appendix A. Section V points out that the structure functions W 4 and W 5 are important for reactions with tau neutrinos. We analyze differential and integrated cross sections in Sec. VI. We discuss there the existing data and point out a discrepancy in the normalization to be resolved in the next generation of experiments. II. ELECTROPRODUCTION VIA HELICITY AMPLITUDES One of the main contributions of this article is the determination of the vector form factors for weak pro- * E-mail address: [email protected] E-mail address: [email protected] PHYSICAL REVIEW D 74, 014009 (2006) 1550-7998= 2006=74(1)=014009(14) 014009-1 © 2006 The American Physical Society

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PHYSICAL REVIEW D 74, 014009 (2006)

Resonance production by neutrinos: The second resonance region

Olga Lalakulich,* Emmanuel A. Paschos,† and Giorgi PiranishviliInstitute of Physics, Dortmund University, 44221, Germany

(Received 22 February 2006; published 13 July 2006)

*E-mail add†E-mail add

1550-7998=20

The article contains new results for spin-3=2 and -1=2 resonances. It specializes to the second resonanceregion, which includes the P11�1440�, D13�1520� and S11�1535� resonances. New data on electroproduc-tion enable us to determine the vector form factors accurately. Estimates for the axial couplings areobtained from decay rates of the resonances with the help of the partially conserved axial current (PCAC)hypothesis. We present cross sections to be compared with the running and future experiments. The articleis self-contained and allows the reader to write simple programs for reproducing the cross sections and forobtaining additional differential cross sections.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.014009 PACS numbers: 14.20.Gk, 13.40.Gp

I. INTRODUCTION

In previous articles [1,2] we described the formalism forthe excitation of the P33�1232� resonance. In the mean-while, we extended the analysis to the second resonanceregion, which includes three isospin 1=2 states: P11�1440�,D13�1520�, S11�1535�. The dominant P33�1232� has beenobserved in neutrino reactions and there are several theo-retical articles which describe it with dynamical calcula-tions based on unitarized amplitudes through dispersionrelations [3], phenomenological [4–7] and quark models[8–10], as well as models incorporating mesonic states[11] including a cloud of pions. Articles in the past fiveyears have taken a closer look at the data by analyzing thedependence on neutrino energy and Q2 [1,2,5]. So far aconsistent picture emerged to be tested in the new accurateexperiments.

For the higher resonances there are several articles, thatdescribe their excitation by electrons [12–15], and onlyone [8] by neutrinos. Experimental data for neutrino exci-tation of these resonances are very scarce and come fromold bubble-chamber experiments [16–20]. In the new ex-periments, studying neutrino oscillations, there is a stronginterest to go beyond the quasielastic scattering [21,22] andunderstand the excitation of these resonances. One reasoncomes from the long-baseline experiments where the twodetectors (nearby and faraway) observe different regions ofneutrino fluxes and kinematic regions of the producedparticles.

A basic problem with resonances deals with the deter-mination of their form factors (coupling constants and Q2

dependences). The problem was apparent in the � reso-nance where after many years several of the form factorsand their Q2 dependence became accurately known andwere found to deviate from the dipoles. The situation ismore serious for the higher resonances where the results ofspecific models are used. In this article we adopt theapproach of determining the vector couplings from helicityamplitudes of electroproduction data, which became re-

ress: [email protected]: [email protected]

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cently available from the Jefferson Laboratory [23–25]and Mainz accelerator [26]. This requires that we writeamplitudes for electroproduction in terms of the electro-magnetic form factors and then relate them to the vectorform factors that we use in neutrino reactions. The aboveapproach together with the conserved vector current(CVC) hypothesis uniquely specifies the couplings andthe Q2-dependences in the region of Q2 where data isavailable, that is for Q2 < 3:5 GeV2.

The axial form factors are more difficult to determine.For the axial form factors we adopt an effective Lagrangianfor the R! N� couplings and calculate the decay widths.For each resonance we assume PCAC which gives us onerelation and a second coupling is determined using thedecay width of each resonance.

Having determined the couplings for the four reso-nances, we are able to calculate differential and integratedcross sections. This way we investigate several propertiesin the excitation of the resonances. We find that a secondresonance peak with an invariant mass between 1.4 GeVand 1.6 GeV should be observable provided that neutrinoenergy is larger than 2–3 GeV. Calculating cross sectionsin terms of the resonances provides a benchmark for theircontribution and allows investigators to decide, when moreprecise data becomes available, whether a smooth back-ground contribution is required. Integrated cross sectionalready suggest the presence of a background.

In Secs. II, III, and IV we present the formalism and giveexpressions for the vector form factors. Estimates for theaxial form factors are presented in the Appendix A.Section V points out that the structure functions W 4 andW 5 are important for reactions with tau neutrinos. Weanalyze differential and integrated cross sections inSec. VI. We discuss there the existing data and point outa discrepancy in the normalization to be resolved in thenext generation of experiments.

II. ELECTROPRODUCTION VIA HELICITYAMPLITUDES

One of the main contributions of this article is thedetermination of the vector form factors for weak pro-

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Q2

A3/2(p)

A1/2(p)

S1/2(p)

FIG. 2 (color online). Helicity amplitudes for the D13�1520�resonance, calculated with the form factors from Eq. (4.8).

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p, pµ

R, p µ

FIG. 1. Electroproduction of the resonance.

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cesses. Our work relates form factors to electromagnetichelicity amplitudes, whose numerical values are availablefrom the Jefferson Laboratory and the University of Mainz.Values for the form factors at Q2 � 0 are presented inTable I. Later on we express the weak structure functionsin terms of form factors.

In applying this method we must still define the normal-ization of electromagnetic amplitudes, which is done inthis section. Before we address this topic we discuss thekinematics, the polarizations and spinors entering theproblem.

We shall calculate Feynman amplitudes shown in Fig. 1.We estimate the amplitudes in the laboratory frame withthe initial nucleon at rest and with the intermediate photonmoving along the z-axis.

We define the four-momenta

p� � �mN; 0; 0; 0�; q� � �q0; 0; 0; qz�

and p0� � p� � q� � �q0 �mN; 0; 0; qz�:

The intermediate photon or W-boson can have three polar-izations "�

�i� defined as

"��R;L� � �

1���2p �0; 1;�i; 0�; "�

�S� �1������Q2

p �qz; 0; 0; q0�;

(2.1)

and Q2 � �q2. The spinors for the target nucleon, nor-malized as �u�p; sz�u�p; sz� � 2mN , are given by

TABLE I. Vector and axial couplings for the excitation ofresonances (Q2 � 0).

R MR, GeV �tot, GeV elast g�NR CA5 CV3 CV4 CV5

P33�1232� 1.232 0.120 0.995 15.3 1.2 2.13�1:51 0.48D13�1520� 1.520 0.125 0.5 19.0 �2:1 �4:08 1.51 0.31

R MR, GeV �tot, GeV elast g�NR gA1 gV1 gV2

P11�1440� 1.440 0.350 0.6 10.9 �0:51 �4:6 1.52S11�1535� 1.535 0.150 0.4 1.12 �0:21 �4:0 �1:68

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u�p; sz� �����������2mN

p usz0

� �; (2.2)

where usz can be either

u�1=2 �10

� �or u�1=2 �

01

� �:

The final resonances will have spin 1=2 or 3=2. Forspin-3=2 resonances we shall use Rarita-Schwinger spinorsconstructed as the product of a polarization vector e�

�i� witha spinorU. The states with various helicities are defined by

�3=2�� � e�R�� U�p0;�1=2�

�1=2�� �

���2

3

se�S�� U�p0;�1=2� �

���1

3

se�R�� U�p0;�1=2�

��1=2�� �

���2

3

se�S�� U�p0;�1=2� �

���1

3

se�L�� U�p0;�1=2�

��3=2�� � e�L�� U�p0;�1=2�;

(2.3)

with the spinor given as

U�p0; sz� ���������������������p00 �MR

q usz~p0� ~�

p00�MRusz

!;

and the polarization vectors by

e��R;L� � �

1���2p �0; 1;�i; 0�; e�

�S� �1

MR�p0z; 0; 0; p00�:

We emphasize that "��i� refer to the intermediate photon and

e��i� belong to the J � 3=2 spin state. For spin-1=2 reso-

nances the spinors are

u�p0; sz� ���������������������p00 �MR

q usz~p0� ~�

p00�MRusz

!: (2.4)

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With this notation we can calculate three helicity am-plitudes for the electromagnetic process. For instance, forthe D13 resonance the amplitude hR;�1=2jJem �

"�R�jN;�1=2i in terms of form factors is presented inEqs. (4.4) and (4.6).

We now define the overall normalization. Analyses ofelectroproduction data give numerical values for crosssections at the peak of each resonance [23,25–27]

�T�W � MR� �2mN

MR�R�A2

1=2 � A23=2�; (2.5)

�L�W � MR� �2mN

MR�R

Q2

q2zS2

1=2: (2.6)

These are helicity cross sections for the absorption of the‘‘virtual’’ photon by the nucleon to produce the finalresonance [28,29]. They are defined as

��i��W� �1

2KX�;s

jhR;�j"��i�J

el� jN; sij2R�W;MR�;

with

K �4�2�

W2 �m2N

:

The last factor in the cross section is the Breit-Wigner termof a resonance:

R�W;MR� �MR�R�

1

�W2 �M2R�

2 �M2R�2

R

: (2.7)

For a very narrow resonance or a stable particle it reducesto a �-function.

Numerical values have been reported for the amplitudesin (2.5) and (2.6) which are related to the following matrixelements

A1=2 �

���������������������������������

mN�W2 �m2

N�

s �R;�

1

2jJem � "

�R�jN;�1

2

�;

A3=2 �

���������������������������������

mN�W2 �m2

N�

s �R;�

3

2jJem � "

�R�jN;�1

2

�;

S1=2 �

���������������������������������

mN�W2 �m2

N�

sqz������Q2

p �R;�

1

2jJem � "�S�jN;�

1

2

�;

(2.8)

which we calculate in this article.Following standard rules for the calculation of the ex-

pectation values the signs in these equations are deter-mined. There is an ambiguity for the sign of the squareroot, which we select for all resonances to be positive.Later on we must also select the signs for axial formfactors. We shall choose them in such a way that thestructure functions W3 for all resonances are positive, asindicated or suggested by the data. As a consequence the

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neutrino induced cross sections are larger than the corre-sponding antineutrino cross sections.

III. ISOSPIN RELATIONS BETWEENELECTROMAGNETIC AND WEAK VERTICES

Our aim is to relate the electromagnetic to weak formfactors using isotopic symmetry. The photon has two iso-spin components jI; I3i � j1; 0i and j0; 0i. The isovectorcomponent belongs to the same isomultiplet with the vec-tor part of the weak current. Each of the amplitudes A3=2,A1=2, S1=2 can be further decomposed into three isospinamplitudes. Let us use a general notation and denote by bthe contribution from the isoscalar photon; similarly a1 anda3 denote contributions of isovector photon to resonanceswith isospin 1=2 and 3=2, respectively. A general helicityamplitude on a proton (Ap) and neutron (An) target has thedecomposition

Ap � Ap��p! R�� � b�

���1

3

sa1 �

���2

3

sa3;

An � An��n! R0� � b�

���1

3

sa1 �

���2

3

sa3:

(3.1)

For the weak current we have only an isovector compo-nent of the vector current, therefore the b amplitude neveroccurs in weak interactions. A second peculiarity of thecharged current is that V1 � iV2 does not have the normal-ization for the Clebsch-Gordon coefficients, it must benormalized as �V1 � iV2�=

���2p

, which brings an additionalfactor of

���2p

to each of the charged current in comparisonwith the Clebsch-Gordon coefficients:

A�W�n! R�1��� �2���3p a1; (3.2)

A�W�p! R�3���� ����2pa3;

A�W�n! R�3��� �

���2

3

sa3:

(3.3)

Comparing (3.1) with (3.2), one easily sees that for theisospin-1=2 resonances, the weak amplitude satisfies theequality A�W�n! R�1��� � A1

n � A1p. Since the ampli-

tudes are linear functions of the form factors, the weakvector form factors are related in the same way to electro-magnetic form factors for neutrons Cni and protons Cpi :

I � 1=2: CVi � Cni � Cpi ; (3.4)

with index i distinguishing the Lorenz structure of the formfactors.

For the isospin-3=2 resonances one gets A3n�W

�n!

R�3��� � A3p�W�p! R�3�0� �

��������2=3

pa3. The weak form

factors, which are conventionally specified for these twoprocesses, are

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I � 3=2: CVi � Cpi � Cni : (3.5)

For the process W�p! R�3��� the amplitude is���3p

timesbigger: A�W�p! R�3���� �

���3pA�W�n! R�3���. Some

of the above relations were explicitly used in earlier ar-ticles [1,2,4].

IV. MATRIX ELEMENTS OF THE RESONANCEPRODUCTION, FORM FACTORS

Following the notation of our earlier article [2], we writethe cross section for resonance production in a notationclose to that of DIS, that is we express it in terms of thehadronic structure functions. In the present notation thesign in front of W 3 in the cross section (4.1) is plus,

d��N

dQ2dW�G2

4�cos2C

W

mNE2

�W 1�Q

2 �m2�� �

W 2

m2N

�2�k � p��k0 � p� �

1

2m2N�Q

2 �m2��

�W 3

m2N

�Q2k � p�

1

2q � p�Q2 �m2

��

�W 4

m2N

m2��Q2 �m2

��

2� 2

W 5

m2N

m2��k � p�

;

(4.1)

which implies that cross section for a reaction with neu-trino exceeds that with antineutrino if the structure func-tion W 3 is positive. The corresponding formula forelectroproduction is obtained by replacing the overall fac-tor G2cos2C=4� by 2��2=Q4 and using the electromag-netic structure functions W em

1 and W em2 instead of weak

ones. In this case the contribution from W em4 and W em

5 isnegligible and W em

3 � 0.In the following subsections we specify the structure

functions W i for each resonance by relating them to formfactors. To give the reader a quick overview of the results,we summarize the couplings (the values of the form factorat Q2 � 0) in Table I. One should keep in mind, however,that all form factors have different Q2-dependences, whichare given explicitly in the following subsections.

A. Resonance D13�1520�

We begin with a D13 resonance, which has spin-3=2 andnegative parity. The matrix element of the charged currentfor the resonance production is expressed as

hD13jJ�jNi � � �D�� �p

0�d��D13u�p�; (4.2)

with u�p� the spinor of the target and �D�� the Rarita-Schwinger field for a D13 resonance. The structure of d��Dis given in terms of the weak form factors

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d��D13� g��

�CV3mN

q6 �CV4m2N

�p0q� �CV5m2N

�pq� � CV6

� q��CV3mN

�� �CV4m2N

p0� �CV5m2N

p��

� g���CA3mN

q6 �CA4m2N

�p0q���5

� q��CA3mN

�� �CA4m2N

p0���5

�g��CA5 � q

�q�CA6m2N

��5: (4.3)

The general form of the current for D13 differs from thatof P33 in the location of the �5 matrix, which is due to theparity of the resonance. The form factors CVi �Q

2� andCAi �Q

2� refer now to any D13 resonance. Later we willspecify them for the D13�1520�. The vector form factorsare extracted from the electroproduction data, in particular,from the helicity amplitudes. We use recent data from[25,30], which were kindly provided to us by I. Aznauryan.

Helicity amplitudes are expressed via the Jem � ", whichcan be obtained from (4.2) and (4.3) by setting the axialcouplings equal to zero and replacing the vector formfactors by the electromagnetic form factors. This resultsin the following expression

hD13jJem � "jNi � � ���em�� F��u�N�;

with ��em�� �

C�em�3

mN�� �

C�em�4

m2N

p0� �C�em�

5

m2N

p�;

F�� � q�"� � q�"�:

(4.4)

As it was discussed in the previous section, the electro-magnetic form factors of D13 resonance are different forproton and neutron. Substituting the matrix element (4.4)into Eqs. (2.8) and carrying out the products with thespinors and Rarita-Schwinger field we obtain the followinghelicity amplitudes for electroproduction

AD13

3=2�����Np �

C�em�3

mN�MR�mN��

C�em�4

m2N

q �p0 �C�em�

5

m2N

q �p�

(4.5)

AD13

1=2 �

����N3

s �C�em�

3

mN

�MR �mN �

2mN

MR

q2z

p00 �MR

�C�em�

4

m2N

q � p0 �C�em�

5

m2N

q � p�

(4.6)

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2e-40

1.5e-40

1e-40

5e-41

0

2e-40

0 0.5 1 1.5 2

d σ/

d Q

2 , cm

2 /GeV

2

Q2, GeV2

C3A C4

A

(C5A)2

C3A C5

A

(C3A)2

(C4A)2

C4AC5

A

FIG. 3 (color online). Contribution of various form factors tothe differential cross section.

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SD13

1=2�

�������2N3

sqz

MR

�C�em�

3

mN��MR��

C�em�4

m2N

�Q2�2mNq0�m2

N�

�C�em�

5

mN�q0�mN�

�; (4.7)

where N � ��em � 2mN�p00 �MR��=mN�W

2 �m2N��.

Comparing Eqs. (4.5), (4.6), and (4.7) for each value ofQ2 with the recent data on helicity amplitudes [23,25,30],we extract the following form factors:

D13�1520�: C�p�3 �2:95=DV

1�Q2=8:9M2V

;

C�p�4 ��1:05=DV

1�Q2=8:9M2V

; C�p�5 ��0:48

DV;

C�n�3 ��1:13=DV

1�Q2=8:9M2V

; C�n�4 �0:46=DV

1�Q2=8:9M2V

;

C�n�5 ��0:17

DV;

(4.8)

This is a simple algebraic solution with the numericalvalues for the form factors being unique. The functionDV � �1�Q2=M2

V�2 denotes the dipole function with

the vector mass parameter MV � 0:84 GeV. To give animpression, how good this parametrization is, we plot inFig. 2 the helicity amplitudes, obtained with these formfactors. Vector form factors for the neutrino-nucleon inter-actions are calculated according to Eq. (3.4)

For the axial form factors we derive in Appendix A

CA�D�6 � m2N

CA�D�5

m2� �Q2 ; CA�D�5 �0� � �2:1: (4.9)

Two other form factors and the Q2 behavior of the CA5 canbe determined either experimentally or in a specific theo-retical model. To check how big the contribution of the CA3and CA4 could be, we set them CA3 � CA4 � 1 and computedin Fig. 3 the various contributions to the differential crosssection for E� � 2 GeV. Motivated by the results onP33�1232� resonance [1], the Q2 dependence in our calcu-lations is taken as

CA�D�i �CA�D�i �0�=DA

1�Q2=3M2A

; (4.10)

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where DA � �1�Q2=M2

A�2 denotes the dipole function

with the axial mass parameter MA � 1:05 GeV.We conclude from Fig. 3, that the contribution of �CA4 �

2

and CA4CA5 are small, but the other terms could be sizable.

Their importance depends on the relative signs. It is pos-sible, that CA3C

A4 and CA3C

A5 are positive and together with

�CA3 �2 give an additional 100% to the D13 cross section. In

case that CA3CA4 and/or CA3C

A5 are negative, there are can-

cellations. In the following calculations of this article weset for simplicity CA3 � CA4 � 0.

The hadronic structure functions for D13 resonance aresimilar to those for P33, presented in our earlier paper [2]and can be obtained from them by replacing mNMR by�mNMR. We repeat the corresponding formulas here in-cluding the terms withCV5 andCA3 , which could be nonzero.The structure functions have a form

W i�Q2; �� �

2

3mNVi�Q

2; ��R�W;MR�; (4.11)

where R�W;MR� was defined in (2.7) and Vi are givenbelow. In the following equations the upper sign corre-sponds to P33 resonance and the lower sign to the D13.

V1 ��CV3 �

2

m2NM

2R

�Q2 � q � p�2�q � p�m2N� �M

2R��q � p�

2 �Q2m2N �Q

2mNMR�� ��CA3 �

2

m2NM

2R

�Q2 � q � p�2�q � p�m2N�

�M2R��q � p�

2 �Q2m2N �Q

2mNMR�� �CV3C

V4 �Q

2 � q � p� � CV3CV5 q � p

m3NMR

�Q2 � q � p��q � p�m2N � 2mNMR�

�M2Rq � p� �

CA3CA4 �Q

2 � q � p� � CA3CA5m

2N

m3NMR

�Q2 � q � p��q � p� �MR �mN�2� �M2

RQ2�

�CV4 �Q

2 � q � p� � CV5 q � p�2

m4N

�q � p�m2N �mNMR� �

�CA5 �

CA4 �Q2 � q � p�

m2N

�2q � p�m2

N �mNMR� (4.12)

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V2 ��CV3 �

2 � �CA3 �2

M2R

Q2q � p�m2N �M

2R� �

CV3CV4

mNMRQ2q � p� �MR �mN�

2� �CA3C

A4

mNMRQ2q � p� �MR �mN�

2�

�CV3C

V5

mNMRQ2q � p� �MR �mN�

2 �Q2� �

��CV4 �

2

m2N

��CV5 �

2�Q2 �M2R�

m2NM

2R

�2CV4C

V5

m2N

�Q2q � p�m2

N �mNMR�

� CA3CA5

mN

MRQ2 �

��CA5 �

2 m2N

M2R

��CA4 �

2

m2N

Q2

�q � p�m2

N �mNMR� (4.13)

V3 � 2CV3C

A3

M2R

2�Q2 � q � p�2 �M2R�3Q

2 � 4q � p�� � 2�CV4C

A4

m2N

�Q2 � q � p� � CV4CA5

��Q2 � q � p�

� 2CV5C

A3q � p� C

V4C

A3 �Q

2 � q � p�

MRmN2M2

R � 2mNMR �Q2 � q � p� � 2�CV5C

A5 �

CV5CA4

m2N

�Q2 � q � p��q � p

� 2�CV3C

A5

mN

MR�CV3C

A4

MRmN�Q2 � q � p�

��2M2

R � 2mNMR �Q2 � q � p� (4.14)

These are the important structure functions for most of the kinematic region. There are two additional structurefunctions, whose contribution to the cross section is proportional to the square of the muon mass.

V4 ��CV3 �

2

M2R

�2q �p�Q2��q �p�m2N� �M

2R�m

2N �mNMR�� �

�CA3 �2

M2R

�2q �p�Q2��q �p�m2N� �M

2R�m

2N �mNMR��

��CV4 �

2�2q �p�Q2�

m2N

��CV5 �

2�q �p�2

m2NM

2R

� 2CV4C

V5

m2N

q �p�q �p�m2

N �mNMR� �CV3C

V4

mNMR�2q �p�Q2��q �p�m2

N

� 2mNMR� � q �pM2R� �

CV3CV5

mNMRpq2q �p�m2

N � 2mNMR�M2R�Q

2� �

��CA5 �

2m2N

M2R

��CA4 �

2

m2N

�2q �p�Q2�

��CA6 �

2

m2NM

2R

��Q2� q �p�2�Q2M2R� � 2CA4C

A5 � 2

CA4CA6

m2N

q �p� 2CA5C

A6

M2R

�M2R�Q

2� q �p��q �p�m2

N �mNMR�

�CA3C

A4

mNMR�2q �p�Q2��q �p�m2

N � 2mNMR� �M2Rq �p� �C

A3C

A5

mN

MR�2q �p�m2

N � 2mNMR�

�CA3C

A6

mNMRq �p�Q2� �MR�mN�

2� (4.15)

V5 ��CV3 �

2 � �CA3 �2

M2R

q � pq � p�m2N �M

2R� �

CV3CV5

mNMRq � pq � p� �MR �mN�

2 �Q2� �

��CV4 �

2

m2N

��CV5 �

2�Q2 �M2R�

m2NM

2R

� 2CV4C

V5

m2N

�q � pq � p�m2

N �mNMR� �CV3C

V4

mNMRq � pq � p� �MR �mN�

2� �CA3C

A4

mNMRq � pq � p� �MR �mN�

2�

� CA3CA5

mN

2MR2q � p�Q2 � �MR �mN�

2� �CA3C

A6

2mNMRQ2Q2 � �MR �mN�

2�

��CA4 �

2

m2N

q � p� �CA5 �2 m

2N

M2R

� CA4CA5 �

CA4CA6

m2N

Q2 �CA5C

A6

M2R

�q � p�Q2�

�q � p�m2

N �mNMR�: (4.16)

B. Resonance P33�1232�

The method of extracting the form factors from thehelicity amplitudes, described in the previous section isapplicable to any resonance. The helicity amplitudes forthe P33�1232� resonance were calculated in a similar man-ner and we obtain the following results:

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AP33

3=2 � �����Np qz

p00 �MR

�C�em�

3

mN�mN �MR�

�C�em�

4

m2N

q � p0 �C�em�

5

m2N

q � p�

(4.17)

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AP33

1=2 �

����N3

s �C�em�

3

mN

�mN �MR � 2

mN

MR�p00 �MR�

�C�em�

4

m2N

q � p0 �C�em�

5

m2N

q � p�

qz

p00 �MR

(4.18)

SP33

1=2 �

�������2N3

sq2z

MR�p00 �MR�

�C�em�

3

mNMR �

C�em�4

m2N

W2

�C�em�

5

m2N

mN�mN � q0�

�: (4.19)

Comparing helicity amplitudes from Eqs. (4.17), (4.18),and (4.19) with the available data [26] allows us to extractthe form factors

C�p�3 �2:13=DV

1�Q2=4M2V

; C�p�4 ��1:51=DV

1�Q2=4M2V

;

C�p�5 �0:48=DV

1�Q2=0:776M2V

:

(4.20)

Form factors C�p�3 and C�p�4 are in agreement with thoseobtained in the magnetic dominance approximation (whichwas used in all the previous papers on neutrino produc-tion). The agreement has 5% accuracy and at the same timethe nonzero scalar helicity amplitude is described cor-rectly. The fit of the proton helicity amplitudes for theform factors from Eq. (4.20) is shown in Fig. 4.Electromagnetic neutron form factors and vector formfactors for the neutrino-nucleon interactions can be calcu-lated according to Eq. (3.5).

Axial form factors have already been discussed severaltimes, the way to obtain them is illustrated in Appendix A,Eq. (A4). The result is

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0

50

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

A3/

2, A

1/2,

S1/

2, 1

0-3 G

eV-1

/2

Q2

A3/2(p)

A1/2(p)

S1/2(p)

FIG. 4 (color online). Helicity amplitudes for the P33�1232�resonance, calculated with the form factors from Eq. (4.20). Dataare from [26].

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CA�6 � m2

NCA�

5

m2� �Q2 ; CA�

5 �1:2=DA

1�Q2=3M2A

A practical aspect with this resonance concerns the crosssection of the tau neutrino interactions, which is discussedin Sec. V.

C. Resonance P11�1440�

For spin-1=2 resonances the parametrization of the weakvertex for the resonance production is simpler than for thespin-3=2 resonances and is similar to the parametrizationfor quasielastic scattering.

The matrix elements of the P11 resonance productioncan be written as follows:

hP11jJ�jNi � �u�p0�

�gV1�2 �Q

2�� � q6 q�� �gV2�i��q

� gA1���5 �

gA3mN

q��5

�u�p�; (4.21)

where we use the standard notation �� � i2 �

�; �� andthe kinematic factors are scaled by� � mN �MR in orderto make them dimensionless.

To extract the vector form factors we use the sameprocedure as before and calculate the helicity amplitudesfor the virtual photoproduction process. Since the reso-nance has spin 1=2, only the A1=2 and S1=2 amplitudesoccur:

AP11

1=2 �����Np

���2pqz

p00 �MR

�g�em�

1

�2 Q2 �g�em�

2

��MR �mN�

�(4.22)

SP11

1=2 �����Np q2

z

p00 �MR

�g�em�

1

�2 �MR �mN� �g�em�

2

�(4.23)

At nonzero Q2 data on helicity amplitudes for theP11�1440� are available only for proton. Unlike the otherresonances, the accuracy of data in this case is low andnumerical values, provided by different groups differ sig-nificantly, as illustrated in Fig. 5. In this situation we use forour fit only the recent data [25,30].

Matching the data against Eqs. (4.22) and (4.23) allowsus to parametrize the proton electromagnetic form factorsas follows:

P11�1440�: g�p�1 �2:3=DV

1�Q2=4:3M2V

;

g�p�2 ��0:76

DV

�1� 2:8 ln

�1�

Q2

1 GeV2

��:

(4.24)

The difference among the reported helicity amplitudesare larger than the estimated contribution of the isoscalarpart of the electromagnetic current. For this reason we shall

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0

20

40

60

80

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

A1/

2, S

1/2,

10-3

GeV

-1/2

Q2

A1/2

S1/2

FIG. 5 (color online). Helicity amplitudes for the P11�1440�resonance, calculated with the form factors from Eq. (4.24). ForA1=2 the data are from: [26] (unshaded circles), [25] (unshadedpentagons), [30] (full circles); for S1=2: [26] (unshaded uptriangles), [25] (unshaded down triangles), [30] (full triangles).

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assume that the isoscalar contribution is negligibly smalland use the relation A�n�1=2 � �A

�p�1=2. The isovector contri-

bution in the neutrino production is now given as gVi ��2g�p�i .

The differential cross section is expressed again with thegeneral formula (4.1). The hadronic structure functions arecalculated explicitly to be:

W i�Q2; �� �1

mNVi�Q2; ��R�W;MR�

V1 ��gV1 �

2

�4 Q4�pq�m2N �mNMR�� �

�gV2 �2

�2 2�pq�2

�Q2�m2N �mNMR � q � p��

�gV1 g

V2

�3 2Q2�pq��MR �mN� �mNQ2�

� �gA1 �2�m2

N �mNMR � q � p� (4.25)

V2 � 2m2N

��gV1 �

2

�4 Q4 ��gV2 �

2

�2 Q2 � �gA1 �2

�(4.26)

V3 � 4m2N

�gV1 g

A1

�2 Q2 �gV2 g

A1

��MR �mN�

�(4.27)

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V4 � m2N

��gV2 �

2

�2 q � p�m2N �mNMR�

��gV1 �

2

�4 2�pq�2 �Q2�pq�m2

N �mNMR��

�gV1 g

V2

�3 q � p�MR �mN� �mNQ2� � 2gA1gA3

��gA3 �

2

m2N

�pq� �m2N �mNMR�

�(4.28)

V5 � m2N

�2�gV1 �

2

�4 Q2q � p� 2�gV2 �

2

�2 q � p� �gA1 �2

�gA1g

A3

mN�MR �mN�

�; (4.29)

where the upper sign corresponds to P11 and the lower signto S11 resonance.

As it is shown in Appendix A, PCAC allows us to relatethe two axial form factors and fix their values at Q2 � 0:

gA�P�3 ��MR �mN�mN

Q2 �m2�

gA�P�1 ; gA�P�1 �0� � �0:51:

The Q2 dependence of the form factors cannot be deter-mined by general theoretical consideration and will have tobe extracted from the experimental data. We again sup-pose, that the form factor are modified dipoles

gA�P�1 �gA�P�1 �0�=DA

1�Q2=3M2A

: (4.30)

D. Resonance S11�1535�

For the S11 the amplitude of resonance production issimilar to that for P11 with the �5 matrix exchangedbetween the vector and the axial parts

hS11jJ�jNi � �u�p0�

�gV1�2 �Q

2�� � q6 q���5 �gV2�i��q�5

� gA1�� �

gA3mN

q��u�p�:

(4.31)

The helicity amplitudes

AS11

1=2 ��������2Np �

g�em�1

�2 Q2 �g�em�

2

��MR �mN�

SS11

1=2 �����Np

qz

��g�em�

1

�2 �MR �mN� �g�em�

2

� (4.32)

are used to extract the electromagnetic form factors.As in the case of P11�1440� resonance, we choose here to

fit only proton data on helicity amplitudes and neglect theisoscalar contribution to the electromagnetic current

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We obtain the form factors

S11�1535�: g�p�1 �2:0=DV

1�Q2=1:2M2V

�1�7:2ln

�1�

Q2

1 GeV2

��;

g�p�2 �0:84

DV

�1�0:11ln

�1�

Q2

1 GeV2

��: (4.33)

Notice here, that gp2 falls down slower than dipole (atleast for Q2 < 3:5 GeV2), supplying the most prominentcontribution among the three isospin-1=2 resonances dis-cussed in this paper. This means experimentally, that therelative role of the second resonance region increases withincreasing ofQ2. Values ofQ2 � 1–2 GeV2 are accessible(and are not suppressed kinematically) for E� �1:5–2 GeV. For these energies the S11�1535� andD13�1520� resonances are observable in the differentialcross section.

The axial form factors are determined from PCAC asdescribed in the Appendix A:

gA�S�3 ��MR �mN�mN

Q2 �m2�

gA�S�1 ; gA�S�1 �0� � �0:21:

The Q2 dependence is again taken

gA�S�1 �gA�S�1 �0�=DA

1�Q2=3M2A

: (4.34)

We adopt this functional form, but one must keep open thepossibility that it may change when experimental resultsbecome available.

V. CROSS SECTION FOR THE TAU NEUTRINOS

Before we describe numerical results for the cross sec-tions in the second resonance region, we shortly discuss the

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20

40

60

80

100

120

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

A1/

2, S

1/2,

10-3

GeV

-1/2

Q2

A1/2

S1/2

FIG. 6 (color online). Helicity amplitudes for the P11�1440�resonance, calculated with the form factors from Eq. (4.33). ForA1=2 data are from: [26] (unshaded circles), [25] (unshadedpentagons), [30] (full circles), [13] (unshaded diamonds); forS1=2: [26] (unshaded up triangles), [25] (unshaded down tri-angles), [30] (full triangles).

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cross section for �-neutrinos and the accuracy achieved indifferent calculations.

Recently we calculated the cross section of the reso-nance production [2] by taking into account the effectsfrom the nonzero mass of the outgoing leptons. Theygenerally decrease the cross section at small Q2. For themuon the effect is noticeable in the Q2-dependence of thedifferential cross section, but is very small in the integratedcross section.

It was shown, that the cross section is decreased at smallQ2 via 1) reduction of the available phase space; 2) nonzerocontributions of the W 4 and W 5 structure functions.Following [10], we will refer to the latter effect as ‘‘dy-namic correction’’. To date, several Monte Carlo NeutrinoSimulators use the Rein-Sehgal model [8] of the resonanceproduction as an input. In this model the lepton mass is notincluded. Thus, in Monte Carlo simulations the phasespace is restricted simply by kinematics, but they do nottake into account effects from W 4 and W 5 structurefunctions. Some calculations are also available, wherethe partonic values for the structure functions

W 4 � 0 (5.1a)

W 5 �W 2 � �q � p�=Q2 (5.1b)

are included. We compare these two approximations withour full calculations for the integrated and differential crosssections. Figure 7 shows the integrated cross section for thereaction ��p! �����.

One can easily see that taking the partonic limit for thestructure functions is a good approximation in this case.Ignoring the structure functions, however, leads to a 100%overestimate of the cross section which is inaccurate. Inboth cases the difference comes mainly from the ‘‘low’’

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2e-39

3e-39

4e-39

5e-39

6e-39

4 6 8 10 12

σ(E

), c

m2

E, GeV

W4, W5 from our calcul and phspphase space (phsp) only

partonic W4, W5 and phsp

FIG. 7 (color online). The integrated cross section ��E� asfunction of the neutrino energy. The dashed curve includes phasespace corrections only; the dotted curve includes phase spacecorrections and structure functions from the parton model; thesolid curve includes phase space and structure functions calcu-lated in our model.

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0

1e-40

2e-40

3e-40

4e-40

5e-40

0 1 2 3 4 5

d σ/

dQ

2 , cm

2 /GeV

2

Q2, GeV2

W4, W5from our calcul. and phspphase space (phsp) only

partonic W4, W5 and phsp

FIG. 8 (color online). The differential cross section d�=dQ2

for the reaction ��p! ����� at E� � 5 GeV. The meaning ofthe curves is the same as in Fig. 8.

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6

dσ/d

W,

10-3

8 cm2 /G

eV

W, GeV

Eν=1 GeVEν=2 GeVEν=3 GeV

FIG. 9 (color online). Differential cross section d�=dW for theone-pion neutrino production on neutron.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

dσ/d

W, e

vent

s/(0

.04

GeV

)

W, GeV

Eν=54 GeV

BEBC: νn -> µ- R

FIG. 10 (color online). Differential cross section d�=dW forthe one-pion neutrino production for BEBC experiment.

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(close to the threshold) Q2 region, as it is illustrated inFig. 8, where the differential cross section for the tauneutrino energy E� � 5 GeV is shown. One easily sees,that the discrepancy at lowQ2 reaches 30% for the partonicstructure functions and more than 100% when W 4 andW 5 are ignored.

VI. CROSS SECTIONS IN THE SECONDRESONANCE REGION

We finally return to the second resonance region and usethe isovector form factors to calculate the cross section forneutrino production of the resonances. We specialize to thefinal channels �n! R! p�0 and �n! R! n��,where both I � 3=2 and I � 1=2 resonances contribute.The data that we use is from the ANL [16,17], SKAT [19]and BNL [18] experiments. The ANL and BNL experi-ments were carried on Hydrogen and Deuterium targets,while the SKAT experiment used freon (CF3Br). Theexperiments use different neutrino spectra, there is, how-ever, an overlap region for E� < 2:0 GeV. The data showthat the BNL points are consistently higher that those of theother two experiments (see figure 4a,b in Ref. [19]). This isalso evident in earlier compilations of the data. For in-stance, Sakuda [31] used the BNL data and his crosssections are larger that those of Paschos et al. [32] whereANL and SKAT data were used. A recent article [11] usesdata from a single experiment [16], where the differencesbetween the experimental results is not evident. The errorbars in these early experiments are rather large and itshould be the task of the next experiments to improvethem and settle the issue.

The differential cross section d�=dW was reported inseveral experiments (see figures 4 in [16], 1 in [17], 4 in[18], 7 in [20]). We plot the differential cross sectiond�=dW in Fig. 9 for incoming neutrino energies E� � 1,2 and 3 GeV. We note, that the second resonance peak

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grows faster than the first one with neutrino energy andbecomes more pronounced at E� � 3 GeV.

In Fig. 10 we plot our theoretical curves together withthe experimental data from the BEBC experiment [20] forhE�i � 54 GeV. The theoretical curve clearly shows twopeaks with comparable areas under the peaks. The experi-mental points are of the same order of magnitude andfollow general trends of our curves, but are not accurateenough to resolve two resonant peaks.

The spectra of the invariant mass are also plotted infigure 4 in Ref. [18] up to W � 2:0 GeV, but there is noevident peak at 1:4<W < 2:0 GeV, in spite of the factthat the number of events is large. This result together withthe fact that the integrated cross sections for p�0 and n��

are within errors comparable suggest that the I � 1=2 andI � 3=2 amplitudes are comparable.

We study next the integrated cross sections for the finalstates ��p�0 and ��n�� as functions of the neutrinoenergy. The solid curves in Fig. 11 show the theoretically

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0.2

0.4

0.6

0 2 4 6

σ int

egra

ted,

10-3

8 cm

2

Eν, GeV

p π0 ANL82ANL79

BNLSKAT

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0 2 4 6

σ int

egra

ted,

10-3

8 cm

2

Eν, GeV

n π+ ANL82ANL79

BNLSKAT

FIG. 11 (color online). Integrated cross section for the ��p�0

and ��n�� final states.

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0 2 4 6

σ int

egra

ted,

10-3

8 cm

2

Eν, GeV

W<2.0 GeV

W<1.6 GeV

ANL

FIG. 12 (color online). Integrated cross section for the multi-pion production by neutrinos.

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calculated cross sections with the cut W < 2:0 GeV andthe dashed curve with the cut W < 1:6 GeV. For p�0 thesolid curve goes through most of the experimental pointsexcept for those of the BNL experiment, which are con-sistently higher than those of the other experiments.

For the n�� channel our curve is a little lower than theexperimental points. This means that there are contribu-tions from higher resonances or additional axial formfactors. Another possibility is to add a smooth backgroundwhich grows with energy. An incoherent isospin-1=2 back-ground of approximately 5 � 10�40�E�=1 GeV�0:28�1=4 cm2 would be sufficient to fit the data, as it isshown by a double-dashed curve. By isospin conservation,the background for the p�0 channel is determined to behalf as big. Including this background, which may origi-nate from various sources, produces the double-dashedcurves in Fig. 11. Since experimental points are not con-sistent with each other, it is premature for us to speculateon the additional terms.

For the P33�1232� the elasticity is high, but for the otherresonances is 0:5, which implies substantial decays tomultipion final states. We computed in our formalism theintegrated cross section for multipion production. The

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results are shown in Fig. 12 with two cuts W < 1:6 GeVand W < 2 GeV. The experimental points are fromRef. [16].

VII. CONCLUSIONS

We described in this article a general formalism foranalysing the excitation of resonances by neutrinos. Weadopt a notation for the cross section very similar to that ofDIS by introducing structure functions. We give explicitformulas for the structure functions in terms of form fac-tors. The form factors describe the structure of the tran-sition amplitudes from nucleons to resonances. The vectorcomponents appear in electro- and neutrino-production.We use recent data on helicity amplitudes from JLABand the Mainz accelerator to determine the form factorsincluding Q2 dependences. We found out, that several ofthem fall slower than the dipole form factor, at least forQ2 < 2–3 GeV2. The accuracy of these results is illus-trated in Figs. 2 and 4–6.

We obtain values for two axial form factors by applyingPCAC (see Appendix A) whenever the decay width andelasticity is known. For the spin-3=2 resonances there isstill freedom for two additional axial form factors whosecontribution may be important. This should be tested in theexperiments.

We present differential and integrated cross sections inSecs. V and VI. For the P33�1232� we point out, that thestructure functions W 4 and W 5 are important for experi-ments with �-leptons because they modify the Q2 depen-dence and influence the integrated cross section.

The second resonance region has a noticeable peak ind�=dW (Fig. 9), which grows as E� increases from 1 to3 GeV. The integrated cross section for the I � 1=2 chan-nel also grows with energy of the beam and may requirestronger contribution from the resonance region and anonresonant background (Fig. 11).

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Our results are important for the new oscillation experi-ments. In addition to the production of the resonances andthe decays to one-pion and a nucleon, there are also decaysto two and more pions. Multipion decays contribute to theintegrated cross section with the cut W < 2 GeV at thelevel of �2–3� � 10�39 cm2 for E� > 4 GeV. Thus our re-sults are useful in understanding the second resonanceregion and may point the way how the resonances sumup to merge at higher Q2 into the DIS region.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Dr. I. Aznauryan for providing us recentelectroproduction data. The financial support of BMBF,Bonn under Contract No. 05HT 4 PEA/9 is gratefullyacknowledged. G. P. wishes to thank theGraduiertenkolleg 841 of DFG for financial support. Oneof us (E. A. P.) wishes to thank the theory group of JLABfor its hospitality where part of this work was done.

APPENDIX A: DECAYS OF THE RESONANCESAND PCAC

1. P33�1232�

For P33�1232� isospin invariance defines the followingeffective Lagrangian for the �N� interactions:

L P33�1232��NR � g�

������ p@��

� �

���1

3

s����n@��

���1

3

s��0�p@��� �

���2

3

s����p@��0

���2

3

s��0�n@��0 � ����n@���

The total width of the �N decay of each ���, ��, �0 or�� is calculated in a straightforward way

�� �g2

8�1

3M2R

�MR �mN�2 �m2

��jp�j3; (A1)

where the pion momentum for the on-mass-shell resonanceis

p� �1

2MR

���������������������������������������������������������������M2

R �m2N �m

2��

2 � 4m2Nm

2�

q:

For the experimental value �� � 0:114 GeV, we obtaing� � 15:3 GeV�1. The resonance width (A1) is propor-tional to the third power of the pion momentum, so for therunning resonance width we use

�����W� � ����0

�p��W�p��MR�

�3:

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According to PCAC

hR�j@�A��0�jni � �im2

�f�1

q2 �m2�T���n! R��;

(A2)

where f� � 0:97m�.For P33�1232� the relation (A2) turns into

i � ��� q�

�CA5 �

CA6m2N

q2

�uN;�

���1

3

s�im2

�f�q2 �m2

� ��� g�q

�uN;

and we obtain in the limit m� ! 0 a relation between thetwo form factors

CA6 � �m2NCA5q2 : (A3)

The denominator of the above formula is phenomenolog-ically extended as q2 �m2

�. Making use of the relation(A3) for Q2 ! 0 one also obtains CA5 � g�f�=

���3p

. Thus

CA6 �P33� � m2NCA5 �P33�

m2� �Q2 ; CA5 �P33� �

g�f����3p � 1:2:

(A4)

For the ��� the �NR vertex is���3p

times bigger, so, strictlyspeaking, CA5 is also

���3p

times bigger. However, for histori-cal reasons, the form factors are conventionally defined forthe vertex W�n! R� and a factor

���3p

appears in vertexfor W�n! R��.

2. D13�1520�

For D13�1520� the isospin-invariant Lagrangian of theD13�1520�N� interactions is defined as:

L D13�NR � �gD13

� ���2

3

s�D���5n@��� �

���2

3

s�D0��5p@���

���1

3

s�D���5p@��0 �

���1

3

s�D0��5n@��0:

The decay width to the �N is

�D�N �g2D

8�1

3M2R

�MR �mN�2 �m2

��jp�j3: (A5)

The total width of the D13�1520� resonances is approxi-mately 0.125 GeV and the elasticity is about 0.5. For thisvalues we obtain gD � 15:5 GeV�1 and the running widthof the resonance is again proportional to the third power ofthe pion momentum. The PCAC relation turns into

i � D�q��CA5 �

CA6m2N

q2

��5uN

� �

���2

3

s�im2

�f�q2 �m2

� D�gDq��5uN;

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which results in

CA6 �D13� � m2NCA5 �D13�

m2� �Q2

with CA5 �D13��Q2 � 0� � �

���2

3

sgDf� � �2:1:

(A6)

3. P11�1440�

For P11�1440� the isospin-invariant Lagrangian is de-fined as

L P11�NR � �gP11

� ���2

3

s�P��5n�� �

���2

3

s�P0�5p��

���1

3

s�P��5p�0 �

���1

3

s�P0�5n�0

�:

The decay width is

�P11!�N �g2P

8�M2R

�MR �mN�2 �m2

��jp�j:

For the elasticity of 0.6 and the total width of 0.350 GeV weobtain gP � 10:9.

The PCAC relation is

i �uR�p0��gA1�

�q� �gA3mN

q2

��5uN�p�

� �

���2

3

s��im2

��f�

q2 �m2�

�uR�p0�gP�5uN�p�:

At m� ! 0 it leads to

gA3 �P11� � �mN�MR �mN�

q2 �m2�

gA1 �P11�;

(here the denominator is extended as before) and at Q2 !0 the coupling is

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gA1 �P11� � �

���2

3

sgPf�

MR �mN� �0:51:

4. S11�1535�

For S11�1535� the isospin-invariant Lagrangian is de-fined as

L S11�NR � �gS

� ���2

3

s�S�n�� �

���2

3

s�S0p�� �

���1

3

s�S�p�0

���1

3

s�S0n�0

�:

The decay width is

�S11!�N �g2S

8�M2R

�MR �mN�2 �m2

��jp�j:

For the elasticity of 0.4 and the total width of 0.150 GeV weobtain gS � 1:12.

The PCAC relation is again

i �uR�p0�

�gA1�

�q� �gA3mN

q2

�uN�p�

� �

���2

3

s��im2

��f�

q2 �m2�

�uR�p0�gSuN�p�;

which at m� ! 0 leads to

gA3 �S11� � �mN�MR �mN�

q2 �m2�

gA1 �S11�:

(here the denominator is extended as before) and at Q2 !0 the coupling is

gA1 �S11� � �

���2

3

sgSf�

MR �mN� �0:21:

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