Deuteron charge radius from the Lamb-shift measurement in muonic deuterium
Atomic Physics
2019-03-27 v3
Abstract
The deuteron charge radius is calculated from the measurement of the Lamb shift in muonic deuterium, taking into account the electron vacuum polarization correction to the nuclear-structure effects. This correction is unexpectedly large and gives a mean-square charge-radii difference , which is now consistent with that obtained from the ordinary H-D isotope shift in the 1-2 transition. This suggests that the long-standing discrepancy in the proton charge radius obtained from electronic and muonic systems is due to an underestimated uncertainty in ordinary hydrogen spectroscopy.
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@article{arxiv.1812.10993,
title = {Deuteron charge radius from the Lamb-shift measurement in muonic deuterium},
author = {Marcin Kalinowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.10993},
year = {2019}
}
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