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Size and Structure Mikhail Bashkanov University of Edinburgh UK Nuclear Physics Summer School III
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Outline Electron scattering Proton form factors Proton size puzzle 2
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Electron microscopy de Broglie wavelength of probe particle must be ~size of the object you wish to study 3
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Electrons as waves Scattering process is quantum mechanical 4
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Classical Fraunhofer Diffraction 5
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Electron scattering. Experiment 7
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Electron scattering Plane wave approximation for incoming and outgoing electrons Born approximation: interact only once 8
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Form Factor and charge distribution 9
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Form Factor and cross-section 10
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Experiment 11
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Probing the proton Sachs form factors 12
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Rosenbluth separation 13
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Dipole form factor 14
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Results 15
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New technique: polarization transfer Longitudinally polarized electron+ Recoil polarimetry Longitudinally polarized electron+ Polarized target 16
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Data extracted using Rosenbluth separation only 17
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B Data extracted using polarization transfer only 18
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All data 19
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Radiative corrections to single photon exchange 20
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Dipole form factor proton radius 22
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Proton Charge radius 23
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Bohr’s atom 24
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Hydrogen atom 25
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Proton radius from hydrogen spectroscopy 26
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Proton Charge radius 27
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Proton Charge radius 28
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Proton Charge radius puzzle 29
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Lamb shift: status of known corrections VP: vacuum polarization SE: self energy 30
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Proton radius puzzle: new physics? 31
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Proton radius puzzle: what’s next? 32
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Proton 33
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Nucleon internal structure 34 Valence quarks Sea quarks Gluons
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Valence quarks 35
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Sea quarks 36
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Gluons 37
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What is inside? 38
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Proton spin puzzle Proton spin quarks angular momentum gluon spin gluons angular momentum quarks spin Naïve quark model: Reality: 39
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Conclusion Nucleon structure is complex and complicated A lot of puzzles and a lot of progress New tools, high precision, high accuracy, polarization 40
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