The essential physical point of the previous discussion can be
extended to the case of relativistic field theories and to different
form factors. The -dependence of
is again related to
the hadron structure, and mean squared-radii can be defined in
anology with eq.(10), i.e.,
A simple example on the relation between these charge radii and the
quark substructure in hadrons is clearly offered by the low-mass
pseudoscalar mesons consisting of a spinless, s-wave pair.
The squared charge radius of charged pions is
known to be about
and can be attributed to the
distribution of the (positive) u and
constituents of a
around their common CM.
In the
case, similarly,
the heavier
substitutes
, thus reducing the
dimensions as corroborated by the data (see below).
Finally, the negatively charged
and light d-quark in a
is worst localized than its
positively charged and heavier partner
giving therefore rise
to the negative
charge radius experimentally measured.