The Radius of the Proton: Size Does Matter

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2011-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/1105.2384v1

Physics

Atomic Physics

Delayed arXiv submission. To appear in 'Proceedings of T(R)OPICALQCD 2010' (September 26 - October 1, 2010). 7 pages, 1 figure

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The measurement by Pohl et al. [1] of the 2S_1/2^F=1 to 2P_3/2^F=2 transition in muonic hydrogen and the subsequent analysis has led to a conclusion that the rms charge radius of the proton differs from the accepted (CODATA [2]) value by approximately 4%, leading to a 4.9 s.d. discrepancy. We investigate the muonic hydrogen spectrum relevant to this transition using bound-state QED with Dirac wave-functions and comment on the extent to which the perturbation-theory analysis which leads to the above conclusion can be confirmed.

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