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Measure elastic electron-proton scattering cross sections at high four-momentum transfers to evaluate theoretical models of the proton magnetic form factor.

July 1, 1973Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering at Large Four-Momentum Transfer

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PKP. KirkNorthwestern University MBM. BreidenbachSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory JFJ. FriedmanUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln

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Experimental study observes high-energy elastic electron scattering in proton targets, highlighting structural constraints on the proton magnetic form factor.

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Measure elastic electron-proton scattering cross sections at high four-momentum transfers to evaluate theoretical models of the proton magnetic form factor.
Conducted electron-proton elastic-scattering measurements at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center across four-momentum transfers squared (q²) from 1.0 to 25.0 (GeV/c)².
Derived proton magnetic form factor (GMp) values using theoretical assumptions linking the electric (GEp) and magnetic form factors, as angular distributions were not measured at each q².
Obtained elastic-scattering cross sections over the full q² range of 1.0 to 25.0 (GeV/c)².
Generated high-q² GMp estimates that distinguished among competing theoretical predictions for proton electromagnetic structure.

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Kirk et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a982430d08ffd74dfc64571 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.8.63

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Experimental study observes high-energy elastic electron scattering in proton targets, highlighting structural constraints on the proton magnetic form factor.

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