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[paper] Correct use of the Gordon decomposition in the calculation of nucleon magnetic dipole moments

Correct use of the Gordon decomposition in the calculation of nucleon magnetic dipole moments

M. Mekhfi

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.78.055205

We perform the calculation of the nucleon dipole magnetic moment in full detail using the Gordon decomposition of the free quark current. This calculation has become necessary because of frequent misuse of the Gordon decomposition by some authors in computing the nucleon dipole magnetic moment.