Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 198, 49-64 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2011-01482-3

Review

Nucleon structure on the lattice

Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany

^a e-mail: meyerh@kph.uni-mainz.de

Received: 8 July 2011
Revised: 21 July 2011
Published online: 23 September 2011

Abstract

A few chosen nucleon properties are described from a lattice QCD perspective: the nucleon sigma term and the scalar strangeness in the nucleon; the vector form factors in the nucleon, including the vector strangeness contribution, as well as parity breaking effects like the anapole and electric dipole moment; and finally the axial and tensor charges of the nucleon. The status of the lattice calculations is presented and their potential impact on phenomenology is discussed.