Two-photon exchange and elastic electron-proton scattering [electronic resource].
Published
Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Research, 2003. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Two-photon exchange contributions to elastic electron-proton scattering cross sections are evaluated in a simple hadronic model including the finite size of the proton. The corrections are found to be small, but with a strong angular dependence at fixed Q². This is significant for the Rosenbluth technique for determining the ratio of electric and magnetic form factors of the proton, and partly reconciles the apparent discrepancy with the results of the polarization transfer technique.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:jlab-phy-03-120 E 1.99: doe/er/40150-2513 doe/er/40150-2513 jlab-phy-03-120