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High-precision measurements of the proton radius from laser spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen demonstrated up to six standard deviations smaller values than obtained from electron-proton scattering and hydrogen spectroscopy. The status of…

We review the status of the proton charge radius puzzle. Emphasis is given to the various experiments initiated to resolve the conflict between the muonic hydrogen results and the results from scattering and regular hydrogen spectroscopy.

We present a dispersion theoretical analysis of recent date from electron-proton scattering. This allows for a high-precision extraction of the electric and magnetic radius of the proton, $r_E = (0.839\pm 0.002{}^{+0.002}_{-0.003})$~fm and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-18 Yong-Hui Lin

The charge radius of the proton has been measured in scattering and spectroscopy experiments using both electronic and muonic probes. The electronic and muonic measurements are discrepant at $5\sigma$, giving rise to what is known as the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2018-12-04 William Detmold , Anthony Grebe , Phiala Shanahan

The proton radius puzzle remains a key challenge in modern physics, highlighting both the precision and limitations of current experimental and theoretical approaches. Recent studies, such as those by Xiong et al. and Bezginov et al., have…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-01-22 Roland B. Lumpay , Jade C. Jusoy , Ruel Apas , Eulogio Auxtero

Recently, the charge radius of the proton was extracted for the first time from muonic hydrogen. The value obtained is five standard deviations away from similar measurements of regular hydrogen. This talk discusses work done in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Gil Paz

The Proton Radius Puzzle is the inconsistency between the proton radius determined from muonic hydrogen and the proton radius determined from atomic hydrogen level transitions and ep elastic scattering. No generally accepted resolution to…

We argue that the proton's charge-radius contributes differently to shifts of Hydrogen-like energy levels than naively expected due to an incorrect choice for the boundary condition at the proton's position in standard calculations. In…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-01 C. P. Burgess , Peter Hayman , Markus Rummel , Laszlo Zalavari

We have analyzed the proton form factor data by using a number of phenomenological parameterizations (models) and extracting the proton electric and magnetic radii. To this end we performed a global fit to all available form factor data,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-12 M. Ridwan , T. Mart

Background: There is significant current interest in knowing the value of the proton radius and also its proper definition. Purpose: Combine the disparate literatures of hydrogen spectroscopy and diverse modern parton distributions to show…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-03-13 Gerald A. Miller

This paper concerns the most intriguing question of modern atomic physics: determination of the proton root-mean-square (rms) charge radius ($r_p$). This problem was announced by the difference in $r_p$ values extracted from the experiments…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-11-05 D. Solovyev

The "proton radius puzzle" is the 7-standard-deviations difference of the charge radius of the proton as determined from the Lamb shift in electronic hydrogen and elastic electron scattering off the proton on the one side and the high…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 Thomas Walcher

The mean square radius of the proton charge distribution was studied in the framework of the relativistic quasipotential quark model in assumption of the SU(6)-symmetry. It was shown that the proton charge radius is represented as function…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Ilichova , S. G. Shulga

The proton charge radius extracted from the recent muonic hydrogen spectroscopy [Antognini et al. 2013; Pohl et al. 2010] differs from the CODATA 2010 recommended value [Mohr et al. 2012] by more than 4% or $4.4 \sigma$. This discrepancy,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-03-22 Zhigang Li , Xuelei Chen

The proton-radius puzzle refers to the discrepancy observed in measurements of the proton's charge radius when using different methods. This inconsistency has prompted extensive research and debate within the physics community, as it…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-01 The MMGPDs Collaboration , Muhammad Goharipour , Fatemeh Irani , Hadi Hashamipour , K. Azizi

The discrepancy between the measured Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen and expectations from electron-proton scattering and regular hydrogen spectroscopy has become known as the proton radius puzzle, whose most "mundane" resolution requires a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-05 Richard J. Hill

A puzzling discrepancy exists between the values of the proton charge radius obtained using different experimental techniques: elastic electron-proton scattering and spectroscopy of electronic and muonic hydrogen. The proton radius is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-03-07 Alexander V. Gramolin , Rebecca L. Russell

We argue that the proton charge radius conundrum can be resolved by weakening the assumption of perturbative formulation of quantum electrodynamics within the proton

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-06-24 Krzysztof Pachucki , Krzysztof A. Meissner

The charge radius of the proton can be determined using two different kinds of experiments: the spectroscopy technique, measuring the hyperfine structure of hydrogen atoms, and the scattering technique, deducing the radius from elastic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-03 M. Atoui , M. B. Barbaro , M. Hoballah , C. Keyrouz , R. Kunne , M. Lassaut , D. Marchand , G. Quemener , E. Voutier

In a series of recent publications, different authors produce a wide range of electron radii when reanalyzing electron proton scattering data. In the light of the proton radius puzzle, this is a most unfortunate situation. However, we find…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-06-08 Jan C. Bernauer , Michael O. Distler