Proton Structure from the Measurement of 2S-2P Transition Frequencies of Muonic Hydrogen
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- 25 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 339 (6118) , 417-420
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230016
Abstract
Proton Still Too Small: Despite a proton's tiny size, it is possible to measure its radius based on its charge or magnetization distributions. Traditional measurements of proton radius were based on the scattering between protons and electrons. Recently, a precision measurement of a line in the spectrum of muonium—an atom consisting of a proton and a muon, instead of an electron—revealed a radius inconsistent with that deduced from scattering studies. Antognini et al. (p. 417 ; see the Perspective by Margolis ) examined a different spectral line of muonium, with results less dependent on theoretical analyses, yet still inconsistent with the scattering result; in fact, the discrepancy increased.This publication has 45 references indexed in Scilit:
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