Neutron size from high energy scattering data
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2022-03-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
Alvarado, Aranda, and Bonilla propose a sub-GeV U(1)R gauge boson model to explain the proton charge radius discrepancy. Their model assumes opposite sign U(1)R charge assignments for up and down quarks in the nucleon. I point out that might cause a difference between neutron and proton mass radii that contradicts existing p-p and n-p scattering data. Using existing neutron and proton scattering data I show that the neutron and proton mass radii are equal within about 2%. This constitutes a challenge to models that attempt to explain the discrepancy by modifying the quark couplings.
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@article{arxiv.2203.07563,
title = {Neutron size from high energy scattering data},
author = {Michael J. Longo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07563},
year = {2022}
}
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