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Low energy doubly-virtual Compton scattering from di-lepton electroproduction on a nucleon

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-09-16 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We propose a new way to experimentally determine the subleading low-energy structure constant of doubly-virtual Compton scattering on a proton. Such empirical determination will reduce the theoretical model error in estimates of the hadronic correction to the muonic hydrogen Lamb shift. We demonstrate that the di-lepton forward-backward asymmetry in the epepee+e^- p \to e^- p \, e^- e^+ process, which can be accessed at electron scattering facilities, yields a large sensitivity to this so far unknown low-energy constant.

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@article{arxiv.2001.10626,
  title  = {Low energy doubly-virtual Compton scattering from di-lepton electroproduction on a nucleon},
  author = {Vladyslav Pauk and Carl E. Carlson and Marc Vanderhaeghen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.10626},
  year   = {2020}
}
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