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Title: Electromagnetic proton–neutron mass difference

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal Plus
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  1. Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany); Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

In this paper, we discuss the Cottingham formula and evaluate the proton–neutron electromagnetic mass difference exploiting the state-of-the-art phenomenological input.We decompose individual contributions to the mass splitting into Born, inelastic and subtraction terms. We evaluate the subtraction-function contribution connecting the input based on experimental data with the operator product expansion matched to QCD which allows us to avoid model dependence and to reduce errors of this contribution. We evaluate inelastic and Born terms accounting for modern low-$Q^2$ data.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); German Research Foundation (DFG); National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Universities Research Association
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; SC0019095
OSTI ID:
1546035
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1810.02502; FERMILAB-PUB-19-216-V; oai:inspirehep.net:1697118
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal Plus, Vol. 135, Issue 6; ISSN 2190-5444
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 4 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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