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The muonic hydrogen Lamb shift and the proton radius

Authors :
Peset, Clara
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

We obtain a model independent expression for the muonic hydrogen Lamb shift up to $\mathcal O (m_\mu \alpha^6, m_\mu \alpha^5 \frac{m_\mu^2}{m_\rho^2})$. The hadronic effects are controlled by the chiral theory, which allows for their model independent determination. We give their complete expression including the pion and Delta particles. Out of this analysis and the experimental measurement of the muonic hydrogen Lamb shift we determine the electromagnetic proton radius: $r_p$=0.8412(15) fm. This number is at 6.8$\sigma$ variance with respect to the CODATA value. The parametric control of the uncertainties allows us to obtain a model independent determination of the error, which is dominated by hadronic effects.<br />Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables. Proceedings of the talk given at the 17th International Conference on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD 14), 30 Jun-04 Jul 2014, Montpellier, France. To be published at Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1411.3931
Document Type :
Working Paper