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Model independent extraction of the proton magnetic radius from electron scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-10-29 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We combine constraints from analyticity with experimental electron-proton scattering data to determine the proton magnetic radius without model-dependent assumptions on the shape of the form factor. We also study the impact of including electron-neutron scattering data, and ππNNˉ\pi\pi\to N\bar{N} data. Using representative datasets we find for a cut of Q20.5Q^2\leq0.5 GeV2^2, rMp=0.910.06+0.03±0.02r_M^p=0.91^{+0.03}_{-0.06}\pm0.02 fm using just proton scattering data; rMp=0.870.05+0.04±0.01r_M^p=0.87^{+0.04}_{-0.05}\pm0.01 fm adding neutron data; and rMp=0.870.02+0.02r_M^p=0.87^{+0.02}_{-0.02} fm adding ππ\pi\pi data. We also extract the neutron magnetic radius from these data sets obtaining rMn=0.890.03+0.03r_M^n=0.89^{+0.03}_{-0.03} fm from the combined proton, neutron, and ππ\pi\pi data.

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@article{arxiv.1407.5683,
  title  = {Model independent extraction of the proton magnetic radius from electron scattering},
  author = {Zachary Epstein and Gil Paz and Joydeep Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5683},
  year   = {2014}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures