Avoiding common pitfalls and misconceptions in extractions of the proton radius
Nuclear Theory
2016-06-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
In a series of recent publications, different authors produce a wide range of electron radii when reanalyzing electron proton scattering data. In the light of the proton radius puzzle, this is a most unfortunate situation. However, we find flaws in most analyses that result in radii around 0.84 fm. In this paper, we explain our reasoning and try to illustrate the most common pitfalls.
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@article{arxiv.1606.02159,
title = {Avoiding common pitfalls and misconceptions in extractions of the proton radius},
author = {Jan C. Bernauer and Michael O. Distler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.02159},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Preliminary version as discussion basis for the ECT* workshop on 'The proton radius puzzle', Trento 2016