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The Lamb shift measurement and theory are now both a dynamically developing field and we give a review of the current data. Critical comparison of theory and experiment can be done using a value of the proton charge radius and we pay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Savely G. Karshenboim

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

We review determinations of the electric proton charge radius from a diverse set of low-energy observables. We explore under which conditions it can be related to Wilson coefficients of appropriate effective field theories. This discussion…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-04 Clara Peset , Antonio Pineda , Oleksandr Tomalak

We present a brief summary of recent results concerning the unambiguous definition and experimental extraction of the gauge-invariant and process-independent neutrino charge radius.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Papavassiliou , J. Bernabeu , J. Vidal

It is suggested that proton elastic scattering on atomic electrons allows a precise measurement of the proton charge radius. Very small values of transferred momenta (up to four order of magnitude smaller than the ones presently available)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 G. I. Gakh , A. Dbeyssi , E. Tomasi-Gustafsson , D. Marchand , V. V. Bytev

A detailed examination of issues associated with proton radius extractions from elastic electron-proton scattering experiments is presented. Sources of systematic uncertainty and model dependence in the extractions are discussed, with an…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 John Arrington

We study the world data on elastic electron-proton scattering in order to determine the proton charge rms-radius. After accounting for the Coulomb distortion and using a parameterization that allows to deal properly with the higher moments…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Ingo Sick

The proton radius has been measured in electron-proton scattering experiments and laser based spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen. The latter method is based on the precise calculations for the atomic energy levels in the approximation of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-02 Vitaly Baturin , Igor Strakovsky

I summarize the dispersion-theoretical analysis of the nucleon electromagnetic form factors. Special emphasis is given on the extraction of the proton charge radius and its relatives, the proton magnetic radius as well as the neutron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-11 Ulf-G. Meißner

Pohl et al. measured the energy difference between the 2P and 2S states of muonic hydrogen and used it to determine a precise value of the proton radius. The result disagreed significantly from values extracted from electronic hydrogen and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-04-28 Gerald A. Miller

In light of the proton radius puzzle, the discrepancy between measurements of the proton charge radius from muonic hydrogen and those from electronic hydrogen and electron-proton scattering measurements, we reexamine the charge radius…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-12 John Arrington , Ingo Sick

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

The Proton Radius Puzzle refers to the ~7{\sigma} discrepancy that exists between the proton charge radius determined from muonic hydrogen and that determined from electronic hydrogen spectroscopy and electron-proton scattering. One…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-10-29 E. Kraus , K. E. Mesick , A. White , R. Gilman , S. Strauch

Nucleons (protons and neutrons) are the building blocks of atomic nuclei, and are responsible for more than 99\% of the visible matter in the universe. Despite decades of efforts in studying its internal structure, there are still a number…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-02 Haiyan Gao , Marc Vanderhaeghen

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 charge radius of the proton is typically determined from electron-proton scattering by extracting the proton's electric form factor and then making use of the derivative of that form factor at zero four-momentum transfer. Unfortunately,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-02-16 Benjamin Boone , Michael Chen , Kevin Sturm , Justin Yoo , Douglas Higinbotham

Recently there has been disagreement between various experiments about the value of the proton radius which is known as the proton radius puzzle. Since the proton is not a point particle the charge radius of the proton depends on the charge…

General Physics · Physics 2019-08-06 Gouranga C Nayak

The experimental situation with regard to measurements of the pion charge form factor is reviewed. Both existing data and planned experiments are discussed.

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 H. P. Blok , G. M. Huber , D. J. Mack

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

The recent conundrum with the proton charge radius inspires reconsideration of the corrections that enter into determinations of the proton size. We study the two-photon proton-structure corrections, with special consideration of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-29 Carl E. Carlson , Marc Vanderhaeghen