Model-independent determination of the two-photon exchange contribution to hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen

Abstract

We obtain a model-independent prediction for the two-photon exchange contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen. We use the relation of the Wilson coefficients of the spin-dependent dimension-six four-fermion operator of NRQED applied to the electron-proton and to the muon-proton sectors. Their difference can be reliably computed using chiral perturbation theory, whereas the Wilson coefficient of the electron-proton sector can be determined from the hyperfine splitting in hydrogen. This allows us to give a precise model-independent determination of the Wilson coefficient for the muon-proton sector, and consequently of the two-photon exchange contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen, which reads $\delta {\bar{E}}_{p\mu ,\mathrm{HF}}^{\mathrm{TPE}}(nS)=-\frac{1}{n^3}1.161(20)$ meV. Together with the associated QED analysis, we obtain a prediction for the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen that reads $E_{p\mu ,\mathrm{HF}}^{\mathrm{th}}(1S)=182.623(27)$ meV and $E_{p\mu ,\mathrm{HF}}^{\mathrm{th}}(2S)=22.8123(33)$ meV. The error is dominated by the two-photon exchange contribution.

18 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. v2: Minor corrections to meet journal version, references added

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