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Updated analysis of recent results on electron and positron elastic scattering on proton

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-02-27 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We discuss recent experimental results concerning the cross section ratio of positron over electron elastic scattering on protons, and compare with the predictions of a pre-existent calculation. The deviation from unity of this ratio, i.e.i.e., a charge asymmetry different from zero, is the signature of contributions beyond the Born approximation. After reviewing the published results, we compare the elastic data to a calculation which includes the diagram corresponding to two-photon exchange. It turns out that all the data on the cross section ratio, in the limit of their precision, do not show evidence of enhanced two-photon contribution beyond the expected percent level. Our results confirm that experimental evidence for a large contribution of two-photon exchange is not yet found.

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@article{arxiv.1901.09379,
  title  = {Updated analysis of recent results on electron and positron elastic scattering on proton},
  author = {V. V. Bytev and E. Tomasi-Gustafsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.09379},
  year   = {2019}
}

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23 pages, 7 figures