The electromagnetic form factors of the free proton: Surprising new results from JLab

✍ Scribed by R.D. Ransome

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 251 KB
• Volume: 666-667
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9474(00)00016-6

✦ Synopsis

The ratio of the proton elastic electromagnetic form factors, GE/GM, has been measured for Q2 values from 0.5 to 3.5 (GeV/c) 2. The ratio was found to decrease with increasing Q2, in contrast with an approximately constant value indicated by earlier experiments.