The contribution of axial-vector mesons to hyperfine structure of muonic hydrogen

The contribution from the axial-vector meson exchange to the potential of the muon–proton interaction in muonic hydrogen induced by anomalous axial-vector meson coupling to two photon state is calculated. It is shown that such contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen is large and i...

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Main Authors: A.E. Dorokhov, N.I. Kochelev, A.P. Martynenko, F.A. Martynenko, A.E. Radzhabov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931730919X
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Summary:The contribution from the axial-vector meson exchange to the potential of the muon–proton interaction in muonic hydrogen induced by anomalous axial-vector meson coupling to two photon state is calculated. It is shown that such contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen is large and important for a comparison with precise experimental data. In the light of our result, the proton radius “puzzle” is discussed.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445