Extraction of the proton radius from electron-proton scattering data

Abstract

We perform a new analysis of electron-proton scattering data to determine the proton electric and magnetic radii, enforcing model-independent constraints from form factor analyticity. A wide-ranging study of possible systematic effects is performed. An improved analysis is developed that rebins data taken at identical kinematic settings, and avoids a scaling assumption of systematic errors with statistical errors. Employing standard models for radiative corrections, our improved analysis of the 2010 Mainz A1 Collaboration data yields a proton electric radius $r_E=0.895(20)$ fm and magnetic radius $r_M=0.776(38)$ fm. A similar analysis applied to world data (excluding Mainz data) implies $r_E=0.916(24)$ fm and $r_M=0.914(35)$ fm. The Mainz and world values of the charge radius are consistent, and a simple combination yields a value $r_E=0.904(15)$ fm that is $4\sigma$ larger than the CREMA Collaboration muonic hydrogen determination. The Mainz and world values of the magnetic radius differ by $2.7\sigma$, and a simple average yields $r_M=0.851(26)$ fm. The circumstances under which published muonic hydrogen and electron scattering data could be reconciled are discussed, including a possible deficiency in the standard radiative correction model which requires further analysis.

26 pages, 10 figures, 4 supplementary data files with explanatory text. v2: As published in PRD including supplementary material. Added comparison to alternate model for correlated systematic errors and more references. Updated fit values with minor changes from v1

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