| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 66, 2014
INPC 2013 – International Nuclear Physics Conference
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| Article Number | 06010 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Hadron Structure | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146606010 | |
| Published online | 20 March 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146606010
Muon Elastic Scattering with MUSE at PSI
1 Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668
2 Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA 23606
a e-mail: kohlm@jlab.org
Published online: 20 March 2014
The proton radius puzzle is the disagreement between the much more precise radius determined from muonic hydrogen spectroscopy and the numerous atomic hydrogen and electron scattering determinations. The puzzle has several possible resolutions, including physics beyond the Standard Model, missing conventional physics, and errors or underestimated uncertainties in the extraction of the radius from the data. New experiments are needed to confirm and / or resolve the puzzle. The MUon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) recently approved at PSI has been designed to help resolve the puzzle by measuring the radius in a way not yet done. Similar to electron scattering, the radius will be extracted from the observed change of the charge form factor with momentum transfer. The experiment uses the πM1 beamline to provide a mixed secondary muon and electron (and pion) beam of either positive or negative charge. The comparison of muon and electron scattering measured simultaneously determines the consistency of the form factors in the two cases with high precision. Comparison of yields from both charge signs will at the same time disentangle the effect of two-photon exchange. The proton charge radius can be extracted from each set of scattering data. The physics case and status of MUSE will be discussed.
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