Model independent analysis of proton structure for hydrogenic bound states

Mar, 2011
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 107 (2011) 160402
e-Print:
Report number:
  • EFI-PREPRINT-11-9

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Proton structure effects in hydrogenic bound states are analyzed using nonrelativistic QED effective field theory. Implications for the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen are discussed. Model-dependent assumptions in previous analyses are isolated, and sensitivity to poorly constrained hadronic structure in the two-photon exchange contribution is identified.
Note:
  • 5 pages, 1 figure. v2: PRL version
  • 11.55.Fv
  • 12.20.Ds
  • 31.30.jr
  • 14.20.Dh
  • p: structure function
  • quantum electrodynamics: nonrelativistic
  • exchange: two-photon
  • hydrogen: muonic atom
  • effective field theory
  • Lamb shift