Electromagnetic Properties of the Deuteron. Exchange Current Contributions to Electron-Deuteron Scattering at High Energies

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Abstract
The analysis of high-energy electron-deuteron scattering depends on a knowledge of the two-nucleon charge density. This is proportional to the square of the two-body amplitude if meson exchanges are neglected. If these are included one may derive an effective charge density operator as an expansion in the number of mesons exchanged. Our work shows that the one-meson part of this operator can give a contribution of several percent to the differential cross section for electron-deuteron scattering at large angles and high energies.