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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 rd2rp2=3.81747(346)fm2 r_d^2-r_p^2 = 3.81747(346)\, {\rm fm}^2 , which is now consistent with that obtained from the ordinary H-D isotope shift in the 1SS-2SS 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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