Model-independent determination of the two-photon exchange contribution to hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen
We obtain a model-independent prediction for the two-photon exchange contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen. We use the relation of the Wilson coefficients of the spin-dependent dimension-six four-fermion operator of NRQED applied to the electron-proton and to the muon-proton sec...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/101028 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101028 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 53 Chiral lagrangians Effective field fheories Precision QED Física (Física) 2290 Física Altas Energías |
| Sumario: | We obtain a model-independent prediction for the two-photon exchange contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen. We use the relation of the Wilson coefficients of the spin-dependent dimension-six four-fermion operator of NRQED applied to the electron-proton and to the muon-proton sectors. Their difference can be reliably computed using chiral perturbation theory, whereas the Wilson coefficient of the electron-proton sector can be determined from the hyperfine splitting in hydrogen. This allows us to give a precise model-independent determination of the Wilson coefficient for the muon-proton sector, and consequently of the two-photon exchange contribution to the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen, which reads δEpμ,HFTPE(nS)=−n311.161(20) meV. Together with the associated QED analysis, we obtain a prediction for the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen that reads E th pμ,HF (1S) = 182.623(27) meV and E th pμ,HF (2S) = 22.8123(33) meV. The error is dominated by the two-photon exchange contribution |
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