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Final Analysis of Proton Form Factor Ratio Data at $\mathbf{Q^2 =}$ 4.0, 4.8, and 5.6 GeV$\mathbf{^2}$

A. J. R. Puckett E. J. Brash O. Gayou 1 M. K. Jones L. Pentchev C. F. Perdrisat V. Punjabi K. A. Aniol T. Averett F. Benmokhtar W. Bertozzi L. Bimbot 2 J. R. Calarco C. Cavata 3 Z. Chai C. -C. Chang T. Chang J. P. Chen E. Chudakov R. de Leo S. Dieterich R. Endres M. B. Epstein S. Escoffier 3 H. Fonvieille 1 S. Frullani J. Gao F. Garibaldi S. Gilad R. Gilman A. Glamazdin C. Glashausser J. Gomez J. -O. Hansen D. Higinbotham G. M. Huber M. Iodice C. W. de Jager X. Jiang M. Khandaker S. Kozlov K. M. Kramer G. Kumbartzki J. J. Lerose D. Lhuillier 3 R. A. Lindgren N. Liyanage G. J. Lolos D. J. Margaziotis F. Marie 3 P. Markowitz K. Mccormick R. Michaels B. D. Milbrath S. K. Nanda D. Neyret 3 N. M. Piskunov R. D. Ransome B. A. Raue R. Roché M. Rvachev A. Saha C. Salgado S. Sirca I. Sitnik S. Strauch L. Todor E. Tomasi-Gustafsson 2, 3 G. M. Urciuoli H. Voskanyan K. Wijesooriya B. B. Wojtsekhowski X. Zheng L. Zhu K.G. Fissum
1 LPC - Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand
2 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
3 DEDIP - Département d'Electronique, des Détecteurs et d'Informatique pour la Physique (ex SEDI)
Abstract : Precise measurements of the proton electromagnetic form factor ratio R=μpGpE/GpM using the polarization transfer method at Jefferson Lab have revolutionized the understanding of nucleon structure by revealing the strong decrease of R with momentum transfer Q2 for Q2≳1 GeV2, in strong disagreement with previous extractions of R from cross section measurements. In particular, the polarization transfer results have exposed the limits of applicability of the one-photon-exchange approximation and highlighted the role of quark orbital angular momentum in the nucleon structure. The GEp-II experiment in Jefferson Lab's Hall A measured R at four Q2 values in the range 3.5 GeV2≤Q2≤5.6 GeV2. A possible discrepancy between the originally published GEp-II results and more recent measurements at higher Q2 motivated a new analysis of the GEp-II data. This article presents the final results of the GEp-II experiment, including details of the new analysis, an expanded description of the apparatus and an overview of theoretical progress since the original publication. The key result of the final analysis is a systematic increase in the results for R, improving the consistency of the polarization transfer data in the high-Q2 region. This increase is the result of an improved selection of elastic events which largely removes the systematic effect of the inelastic contamination, underestimated by the original analysis
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A. J. R. Puckett, E. J. Brash, O. Gayou, M. K. Jones, L. Pentchev, et al.. Final Analysis of Proton Form Factor Ratio Data at $\mathbf{Q^2 =}$ 4.0, 4.8, and 5.6 GeV$\mathbf{^2}$. Physical Review C, American Physical Society, 2012, 85, pp.045203. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045203⟩. ⟨in2p3-00575008⟩

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