Nuclear physics in soft-wall AdS/QCD: Deuteron electromagnetic form factors

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We present a high-quality description of the deuteron electromagnetic form factors in a soft-wall AdS/QCD approach.

• We first propose an effective action describing the dynamics of the deuteron in the presence of an external vector field.
• Based on this action the deuteron electromagnetic form factors are calculated, displaying the correct 1/Q^10 power scaling for large Q^2 values.
• This finding is consistent with quark counting rules and the earlier observation that this result holds in confining gauge/gravity duals.