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Gamma-Z box contributions to parity violating elastic e-p scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-07-04 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Parity-violating (PV) elastic electron-proton scattering measures Q-weak for the proton, QWpQ_W^p. To extract QWpQ_W^p from data, all radiative corrections must be well-known. Recently, disagreement on the gamma-Z box contribution to QWpQ_W^p has prompted the need for further analysis of this term. Here, we support one choice of a debated factor, go beyond the previously assumed equality of electromagnetic and gamma-Z structure functions, and find an analytic result for one of the gamma-Z box integrals. Our numerical evaluation of the gamma-Z box is in agreement within errors with previous reports, albeit somewhat larger in central value, and is within the uncertainty requirements of current experiments.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1011.2397,
  title  = {Gamma-Z box contributions to parity violating elastic e-p scattering},
  author = {Benjamin C. Rislow and Carl E. Carlson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2397},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures, v2: reference added, typo fixed

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