DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to the Elastic e±p Scattering Cross Sections at the VEPP-3 Storage Ring

Abstract

The ratio of the elastic e+p to ep scattering cross sections has been measured precisely, allowing the determination of the two-photon exchange contribution to these processes. This neglected contribution is believed to be the cause of the discrepancy between the Rosenbluth and polarization transfer methods of measuring the proton electromagnetic form factors. The experiment was performed at the VEPP-3 storage ring at beam energies of 1.6 and 1.0 GeV and at lepton scattering angles between 15° and 105°. The data obtained show evidence of a significant two-photon exchange effect. Furthermore, the results are compared with several theoretical predictions.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [3];  [5];  [1];  [3]
  1. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russia); Novosibirsk State Univ., Novosibirsk (Russia)
  4. Tomsk Polytechnic Univ., Tomsk (Russia)
  5. Nikhef, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Russian Federation, Ministry of Education and Science; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1392573
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180395
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; MK-525.2013.2
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Rachek, I. A., Arrington, J., Dmitriev, V. F., Gauzshtein, V. V., Gerasimov, R. E., Gramolin, A. V., Holt, R. J., Kaminskiy, V. V., Lazarenko, B. A., Mishnev, S. I., Muchnoi, N. Yu., Neufeld, V. V., Nikolenko, D. M., Sadykov, R. Sh., Shestakov, Yu. V., Stibunov, V. N., Toporkov, D. K., de Vries, H., Zevakov, S. A., and Zhilich, V. N. Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to the Elastic e±p Scattering Cross Sections at the VEPP-3 Storage Ring. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.062005.
Rachek, I. A., Arrington, J., Dmitriev, V. F., Gauzshtein, V. V., Gerasimov, R. E., Gramolin, A. V., Holt, R. J., Kaminskiy, V. V., Lazarenko, B. A., Mishnev, S. I., Muchnoi, N. Yu., Neufeld, V. V., Nikolenko, D. M., Sadykov, R. Sh., Shestakov, Yu. V., Stibunov, V. N., Toporkov, D. K., de Vries, H., Zevakov, S. A., & Zhilich, V. N. Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to the Elastic e±p Scattering Cross Sections at the VEPP-3 Storage Ring. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.062005
Rachek, I. A., Arrington, J., Dmitriev, V. F., Gauzshtein, V. V., Gerasimov, R. E., Gramolin, A. V., Holt, R. J., Kaminskiy, V. V., Lazarenko, B. A., Mishnev, S. I., Muchnoi, N. Yu., Neufeld, V. V., Nikolenko, D. M., Sadykov, R. Sh., Shestakov, Yu. V., Stibunov, V. N., Toporkov, D. K., de Vries, H., Zevakov, S. A., and Zhilich, V. N. Thu . "Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to the Elastic e±p Scattering Cross Sections at the VEPP-3 Storage Ring". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.062005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1392573.
@article{osti_1392573,
title = {Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Contribution to the Elastic e±p Scattering Cross Sections at the VEPP-3 Storage Ring},
author = {Rachek, I. A. and Arrington, J. and Dmitriev, V. F. and Gauzshtein, V. V. and Gerasimov, R. E. and Gramolin, A. V. and Holt, R. J. and Kaminskiy, V. V. and Lazarenko, B. A. and Mishnev, S. I. and Muchnoi, N. Yu. and Neufeld, V. V. and Nikolenko, D. M. and Sadykov, R. Sh. and Shestakov, Yu. V. and Stibunov, V. N. and Toporkov, D. K. and de Vries, H. and Zevakov, S. A. and Zhilich, V. N.},
abstractNote = {The ratio of the elastic e+p to e–p scattering cross sections has been measured precisely, allowing the determination of the two-photon exchange contribution to these processes. This neglected contribution is believed to be the cause of the discrepancy between the Rosenbluth and polarization transfer methods of measuring the proton electromagnetic form factors. The experiment was performed at the VEPP-3 storage ring at beam energies of 1.6 and 1.0 GeV and at lepton scattering angles between 15° and 105°. The data obtained show evidence of a significant two-photon exchange effect. Furthermore, the results are compared with several theoretical predictions.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.062005},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

Journal Article:

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 78 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Comparison of Electron-Proton and Positron-Proton Elastic Scattering at Four-Momentum Transfers up to 5.0 ( G e V / c ) 2
journal, August 1968


Measurement of G E p / G M p in e p e p to Q 2 = 5.6 GeV 2
journal, February 2002


Survey of Nucleon Electromagnetic Form Factors
journal, March 2009


Two-Photon Exchange and Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering
journal, October 2003


The OLYMPUS experiment
journal, March 2014

  • Milner, R.; Hasell, D. K.; Kohl, M.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 741
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.12.035

Nucleon electromagnetic form factors
journal, May 2007

  • Arrington, J.; Roberts, C. D.; Zanotti, J. M.
  • Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 34, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/34/7/S03

Scattering of High-Energy Positrons from Protons
journal, November 1962


G E p / G M p Ratio by Polarization Transfer in e p e p
journal, February 2000


Electric and magnetic form factors of the proton
journal, July 2014


Radiative Corrections to Elastic and Inelastic ep and up Scattering
journal, January 1969


Recoil Polarization Measurements of the Proton Electromagnetic Form Factor Ratio to Q 2 = 8.5 GeV 2
journal, June 2010


Scattering of positrons and electrons from protons
journal, August 1967


Backward scattering of positrons and electrons on protons
journal, January 1968


Two-photon exchange in elastic electron-nucleon scattering
journal, September 2005


Comparison of Elastic Positron-Proton and Electron-Proton Scattering Cross Sections
journal, November 1967


Radiative corrections to electron-proton scattering
journal, October 2000


How to Reconcile the Rosenbluth and the Polarization Transfer Methods in the Measurement of the Proton Form Factors
journal, October 2003


Two-photon exchange in a dispersion approach
journal, August 2008


Nucleon electromagnetic form factors
journal, October 2007

  • Perdrisat, C. F.; Punjabi, V.; Vanderhaeghen, M.
  • Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 59, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2007.05.001

Positron-Proton Elastic Scattering at 800 and 1200 MeV
journal, February 1968


Coulomb distortion in high- Q 2 elastic e p scattering
journal, August 2004


Electromagnetic form Factors of the Nucleon and Compton Scattering
journal, December 2004


Positron-Proton Scattering
journal, August 1965


Compilation and analysis of charge asymmetry measurements from electron and positron scattering on nucleon and nuclei
journal, August 2013

  • Tomasi-Gustafsson, E.; Osipenko, M.; Kuraev, E. A.
  • Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 76, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1134/S106377881308022X

Coulomb corrections in the extraction of the proton radius
journal, October 2013


Reexamination of phenomenological two-photon exchange corrections to the proton form factors and e ± p scattering
journal, November 2011


A new event generator for the elastic scattering of charged leptons on protons
journal, September 2014

  • Gramolin, A. V.; Fadin, V. S.; Feldman, A. L.
  • Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/41/11/115001

Scattering of Positrons and Electrons from Protons
journal, August 1966


Revealing Dressed Quarks via the Proton’s Charge Distribution
journal, September 2013


Measurements of the elastic electromagnetic form factor ratio μ p G Ep / G Mp via polarization transfer
journal, August 2001


How well do we know the electromagnetic form factors of the proton?
journal, September 2003


Final analysis of proton form factor ratio data at Q 2 = 4.0 , 4.8, and 5.6 GeV 2
journal, April 2012


Demonstration of a novel technique to measure two-photon exchange effects in elastic e ± p scattering
journal, August 2013


Proton elastic form factor ratios to Q 2 = 3.5 GeV 2 by polarization transfer
journal, May 2005


Review of two-photon exchange in electron scattering
journal, October 2011

  • Arrington, J.; Blunden, P. G.; Melnitchouk, W.
  • Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vol. 66, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2011.07.003

Beam energy measurements for an experiment on elastic e ± p scattering at the VEPP-3 storage ring
journal, June 2014


Two-Photon Physics in Hadronic Processes
journal, November 2007


The OLYMPUS experiment
text, January 2014


Positron-Proton Scattering
journal, February 1964


How well do we know the electromagnetic form factors of the proton?
journal, July 2003


Review of two-photon exchange in electron scattering
text, January 2011


The OLYMPUS Experiment
text, January 2013


A new event generator for the elastic scattering of charged leptons on protons
text, January 2014


Beam energy measurements for an experiment on elastic $e^{\pm}p$ scattering at the VEPP-3 storage ring
text, January 2014


Radiative Corrections to Electron-Proton Scattering
text, January 2000


Two-photon exchange in elastic electron-nucleon scattering
text, January 2005


Compilation and Analysis of Charge Asymmetry Measurements from Electron and Positron Scattering on Nucleon and Nuclei
journal, January 2013

  • Tomasi-Gustafsson, E.; Osipenko, M.; Kuraev, E. A.
  • Ядерная физика, Vol. 76, Issue 08
  • DOI: 10.7868/s0044002713080242

Works referencing / citing this record:

Two-Photon Exchange: Myth and History
journal, June 2018


Two-Photon Exchange: Future Experimental Prospects
journal, July 2018


Evaluation of the Proton Charge Radius from Electron–Proton Scattering
journal, September 2015

  • Arrington, John; Sick, Ingo
  • Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Vol. 44, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4921430

Updated analysis of recent results on electron and positron elastic scattering on the proton
journal, February 2019


Lepton mass effects for beam-normal single-spin asymmetry in elastic muon-proton scattering
journal, November 2019


Status and upgrade of the VEPP-4 storage-ring facility
journal, December 2016


The structure of the nucleon: Elastic electromagnetic form factors
journal, July 2015


Proton Charge Radius from Electron Scattering
journal, December 2017


Hard Two-Photon Contribution to Elastic Lepton-Proton Scattering Determined by the OLYMPUS Experiment
text, January 2016

  • Henderson, Brian; Ice, Lauren; Khaneft, Dmitry
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
  • DOI: 10.3204/pubdb-2016-05585

Two-photon exchange: myth and history
text, January 2018