
We consider the electric dipole form factor, F_3(q^2), as well as the Dirac and Pauli form factors, F_1(q^2) and F_2(q^2), of the nucleon in the light-front formalism. We derive an exact formula for F_3(q^2) to complement those known for F_1(q^2) and F_2(q^2). We derive the light-front representation of the discrete symmetry transformations and show that time-reversal- and parity-odd effects are captured by phases in the light-front wave functions. We thus determine that the contributions to F_2(q^2) and F_3(q^2), Fock state by Fock state, are related, independent of the fundamental mechanism through which CP violation is generated. Our relation is not specific to the nucleon, but, rather, is true of spin-1/2 systems in general, be they lepton or baryon. The empirical values of the anomalous magnetic moments, in concert with empirical bounds on the associated electric dipole moments, can better constrain theories of CP violation. In particular, we find that the neutron and proton electric dipole moments echo the isospin structure of the anomalous magnetic moments, kappa^n ~ - kappa^p.
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Form Factors, Transformations, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Phenomenology-Hep,Hepph, 530, Magnetic Moments, 72 Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields, Pauli Form Factors, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Symmetry, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nucleons, Neutrons, Electric Dipole Moments, Hepth, Leptons, 620, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Electric Dipoles, Isospin, Wave Functions Phenomenology-Hep,Hepph, Protons
Form Factors, Transformations, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Phenomenology-Hep,Hepph, 530, Magnetic Moments, 72 Physics Of Elementary Particles And Fields, Pauli Form Factors, Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), Symmetry, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nucleons, Neutrons, Electric Dipole Moments, Hepth, Leptons, 620, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Electric Dipoles, Isospin, Wave Functions Phenomenology-Hep,Hepph, Protons
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