Intrinsic quadrupole moment of the nucleon

Abstract
We address the question of the intrinsic quadrupole moment Q0 of the nucleon in various models. All models give a positive intrinsic quadrupole moment for the proton. This corresponds to a prolate deformation. We also calculate the intrinsic quadrupole moment of the Δ(1232). All our models lead to a negative intrinsic quadrupole moment of the Δ+ corresponding to an oblate deformation.
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