On the rms-radius of the proton
Abstract
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 we find a radius of 0.895±0.018 fm, which is significantly larger than the radii used in the past.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- December 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.092
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-ex/0310008
- Bibcode:
- 2003PhLB..576...62S
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Experiment
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys.Lett.B
