International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Super Beams and Beta Beams

The MUSE Experiment: A Study of the "Proton Radius Puzzle" with simultaneous mu-p and e-p Elastic Scattering

Not scheduled

A214 (IHEP)

Muon Physics

Speaker

Dr William Briscoe (The George Washington University)

Description

The controversy over the significant difference between the determination of proton radius using high-precision muonic hydrogen techniques and from electronic scattering and atomic measurements is called the "Proton Radius Puzzle" (PRP). The resolution of the puzzle remains unclear and appears to require new experimental results. The MUSE Collaboration will perform an experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) to make simultaneous measurements of muon-proton and electron-proton elastic scattering in an attempt to resolve the PRP.

Summary

The Proton Radius Puzzle stems from a radius determined from atomic muonic hydrogen of 0.84184±0.00067 fm,[1] and later updated to 0.84087±0.00039 fm.[2] The CODATA 2006 value, base mainly on atomic hydrogen measurements is 0.8768±0.0069 fm[3]. This has been confirmed by new electon scattering experiments[4,5] and re-analysis of existing data[6-8].The current CODATA value is 0.8775 ± 0.0051 fm.[9]

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