Measurement of the proton''s electric to magnetic form factor ratio from 1(H)over-right-arrow((e)over-right-arrow,e '' p)

C.B. Crawford*, A. Sindile, T. Akdogan, R. Alarcon, W. Bertozzi, E. Booth, T. Botto, J. Calarco, B. Clasie, A. Degrush, T.W. Donnelly, K. Dow, D. Dutta, M. Farkhondeh, R. Fatemi, O. Filoti, W. Franklin, H. Gao, E. Geis, S. GiladW. Haeberli, D. Hasell, W. Hersman, M. Holtrop, P. Karpius, M. Kohl, H. Kolster, T. Lee, A. Maschinot, J. Matthews, K. McIlhany, N. Meitanis, R.G. Milner, R.P. Redwine, J. Seely, A. Shinozaki, S. Sirca, E. Six, T. Smith, B. Tonguc, C. Tschalaer, E. Tsentalovich, W. Turchinetz, J.F.J. van den Brand, J. van der Laan, F. Wang, T. Wise, Y. Xiao, W. Xu, C. Zhang

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Abstract

We report the first precision measurement of the proton electric to magnetic form factor ratio from spin-dependent elastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from a polarized hydrogen internal gas target. The measurement was performed at the MIT-Bates South Hall Ring over a range of four-momentum transfer squared Q(2) from 0.15 to 0.65 (GeV/c)(2). Significantly improved results on the proton electric and magnetic form factors are obtained in combination with existing cross-section data on elastic electron-proton scattering in the same Q(2) region.
Original languageEnglish
Article number052301
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume98
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Feb 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • SQUARED 4-MOMENTUM TRANSFERS
  • SCATTERING CROSS-SECTIONS
  • POLARIZATION TRANSFER
  • ELASTIC-SCATTERING
  • GAS-TARGET
  • NUCLEON
  • NEUTRON

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