Non-spherical proton shape and hydrogen hyperfine splitting
Atomic Physics
2015-05-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We show that the non-spherical charge distribution of the proton manifests itself in hydrogen hyperfine splitting as an increase (in absolute value) of the proton Zemach radius and polarization contributions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.4747,
title = {Non-spherical proton shape and hydrogen hyperfine splitting},
author = {A. J. Buchmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.4747},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, Paper presented at the International Conference on Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada, 21-26 July 2008