Quadrupole moments of spin-1 systems: the rho meson, the S-wave deuteron and some general constraints

Abstract: We costruct the relativistic operator of the quadrupole moment of two-particle composite spin one systems with zero orbital moment of the relative motion and derive explicit analytical expression for the quadrupole moment using the approach to relativistic composite systems based on our version of the instant-form relativistic quantum mechanics (RQM). We calculate the quadrupole moments of the rho meson and of the S-wave deuteron without any free parameters, using our unified pi&rho model (Phys. Rev.D 93, 036007 (2016); 97, 033007 (2018)) and our previous results on deuteron. Our calculation gives Q_rho=-0.158+-0.04 GeV^-2 and Q_d=-1.4*10^-4 GeV^-2. Having in our disposition the rather general form of the quadrupole-moment operator we for the first time formulate the problem of the upper and lower bounds for possible values of the quadrupole moment of a two-particle system with indicated quantum numbers for a large range of constituent masses, and partially solve it.