Measurement of the neutral weak form-factors of the proton
Oct, 199810 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 82 (1999) 1096-1100
e-Print:
- nucl-ex/9810012 [nucl-ex]
Report number:
- WM-98-117,
- JLAB-PHY-98-54
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Abstract:
We have measured the parity-violating electroweak asymmetry in the elastic scattering of polarized electrons from the proton. The kinematic point (theta_lab = 12.3 degrees and Q^2=0.48 (GeV/c)^2) is chosen to provide sensitivity, at a level that is of theoretical interest, to the strange electric form factor G_E^s. The result, A=-14.5 +- 2.2 ppm, is consistent with the electroweak Standard Model and no additional contributions from strange quarks. In particular, the measurement implies G_E^s + 0.39G_M^s = 0.023 +- 0.034 (stat) +- 0.022 (syst) +- 0.026 (delta G_E^n), where the last uncertainty arises from the estimated uncertainty in the neutron electric form factor.- electron p: elastic scattering
- electron p: polarized beam
- p: form factor
- form factor: strangeness
- form factor: weak interaction
- parity: violation
- nucleon: strangeness
- interference: electroweak interaction
- polarization: asymmetry
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