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The third Zemach moment and the size of the proton

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-09-05 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

To resolve the puzzle of the proton size raised from the recent result of muonic hydrogen Lamb shift, De R\'{u}jula has proposed that a large value of the third Zemach moment <rp3>(2)< r^3_{p}>{(2)} of the proton to be the solution. His suggestion has been criticized by many groups based on the epep scattering data at low Q2Q^2 regime. However, if there is a "thorn" or "lump" in the electric form factor of the proton GE(Q2)G_{E}(Q^2) at extremely low Q2Q^2 regime, then the third Zemach moment <rp3>(2)< r^3_{p}>{(2)} would be as large as De R\'{u}jula suggested. In this article, we show that the existence of such a "thorn" or "lump" has not been completely excluded, although tightly restricted, by the current data of epep elastic scattering. We also suggest a more sophisticated global fitting procedure of GE(Q2)G_{E}(Q^2) for the future fitting.

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@article{arxiv.1108.2968,
  title  = {The third Zemach moment and the size of the proton},
  author = {Bea Ya Wu and Chung Wen Kao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2968},
  year   = {2011}
}

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10 pages. 2 table, 2 figure