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Are We Really Measuring the $\rho$-Value?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-02-03 v4 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The ``normal'' analysis of \pbarp\pbar p and pppp elastic scattering uses a `spinless' Coulomb amplitude, \ie a Rutherford amplitude (2πα/t2\sqrt{\pi}\alpha/t) multiplied by a Coulomb form factor G2(t)G^2(t), an {\em ansatz} that pretends that the nucleon does not have any magnetic scattering. In this note, we investigate the role of the anomalous magnetic moment of the nucleon, κ1.79\kappa \approx 1.79. Given the method of analysis currently used by most published experiments, we conclude that the current experimentally inferred values of ρ\rho for \pbarp\pbar p should be {\em systemeatically lowered} by 0.005\approx 0.005---0.0100 and, correspondingly, the ρ\rho values for pppp should be {\em systematically raised} by the same amount. We discuss the theoretical uncertainties and a method of experimentally minimizing them.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9510288,
  title  = {Are We Really Measuring the $\rho$-Value?},
  author = {Martin M. Block},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9510288},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

11 pages in LaTeX, revised 10/25/95 for typos, including eq. 8 & 32