Comment on `Two-body random ensembles: from nuclear spectra to random polynomials

In PRL 85, 3773 (2000) it was suggested to use random polynomials to analyze and understand the properties of two-body random ensembles. In this comment we point out that for the vibron model the random polynomial is not quadratic, but has a more general form. We make a comparison for the percentage of ground states with L=0 in the vibron model with random interactions.Comment: 2 pages, 1 figure, Phys. Rev. Lett., in pres

Flavor content of nucleon form factors in a VMD approach

The strange form factors of the nucleon are studied in a two-component model consisting of a three-quark intrinsic structure surrounded by a meson cloud. A comparison with the available experimental world data from the SAMPLE, PVA4, HAPPEX and G0 collaborations shows a good overall agreement. It is shown that the strangeness contribution to the electric and magnetic form factors is of the order of a few percent. In particular, the strange quark contribution to the charge radius is small (0.005 fm**2) and to the magnetic moment it is positive (0.315 n.m.).Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, invited talk at PAVI06, Milos, Greece, May 16-20, 200

Spectrum generating algebra of the symmetric top

We consider an algebraic treatment of a three-body system. We develop the formalism for a system of three identical objects and show that it provides a simultaneous description of the vibrational and rotational excitations of an oblate symmetric top.Comment: 5 pages, talk at `15th International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics', Groningen, July 22-26, 199