A Discussion of Deuteron Transverse Charge Densities

The deuteron transverse charge density [rho] sub(C)(b) is the two-dimensional Fourier transform of its charge form factor in the impact space. We show that different parameterizations of the charge form factors provide different [rho] sub(C)(b), in particular at the central value of impact parameter (b = 0), although all the parameterizations can well reproduce the form factors in the region of small Q super(2). In addition, we also check the explicit contributions from the different coordinate intervals of the deuteron wave function to its root-mean-square radius.