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Puzzling out the proton radius puzzle.
- Source :
- AIP Conference Proceedings; 2015, Vol. 1701, p1-7, 7p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The discrepancy between the proton charge radius extracted from the muonic hydrogen Lamb shift measurement and the best present value obtained from the elastic scattering experiments, remains unexplained and represents a burning problem of today's nuclear physics: after more than 50 years of research the radius of a basic constituent of matter is still not understood. This paper presents a summary of the best existing proton radius measurements, followed by an overview of the possible explanations for the observed inconsistency between the hydrogen and the muonic-hydrogen data. In the last part the upcoming experiments, dedicated to remeasuring the proton radius, are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MUONS
LAMB shift
ELASTIC scattering
NUCLEAR physics
NUCLEAR size (Physics)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0094243X
- Volume :
- 1701
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 112566648
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938631