Published 2017 | Version v1
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Review of experimental and theoretical status of the proton radius puzzle

  • 1. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A3 (Canada)
  • 2. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  • 3. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, N2L 2Y5 (Canada)

Description

The discrepancy between the measured Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen and expectations from electron-proton scattering and regular hydrogen spectroscopy has become known as the proton radius puzzle, whose most 'mundane' resolution requires a > 5σ shift in the value of the fundamental Rydberg constant. I briefly review the status of spectroscopic and scattering measurements, recent theoretical developments, and implications for fundamental physics. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713701023
Part of:
EPJ Web of Conferences, Proceedings of the 12. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum - 2016

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Publishing Information

Publisher
EDP Sciences
Imprint Place
Les Ulis (France)
Imprint Title
EPJ Web of Conferences, Proceedings of the 12. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum - 2016
Imprint Pagination
v. 137 [1931 p.]
Journal Page Range
p. 01023.p.1-01023.p.22

Conference

Title
12. conference on quark confinement and the hadron spectrum
Acronym
CONF12
Dates
29 Aug - 3 Sep 2016
Place
Thessaloniki (Greece)

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