Two-component model for the deuteron electromagnetic structure

We suggest a simple phenomenological parametrization for the deuteron electromagnetic structure, and show that a good fit on all available data for the three deuteron electromagnetic form factors (in the range ${Q}^{2}\ensuremath{\le}2$ GeV${}^{2}$) can be obtained with a small number of parameters. The present description of the deuteron is based on two components with different radii, one corresponding to two nucleons separated by $\ensuremath{\simeq}2$ fm, and a standard isoscalar contribution, saturated by \ensuremath{\omega} and \ensuremath{\phi} mesons, only.