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Franziska Hagelstein

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arXiv2020

Forward doubly-virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon in chiral perturbation theory: the subtraction function and moments of unpolarized structure functions

The forward doubly-virtual Compton scattering (VVCS) off the nucleon contains a wealth of information on nucleon structure, relevant to the calculation of the two-photon-exchange effects in atomic spectroscopy and electron scattering. We report on a complete next-to-leading-order (NLO) calculation of low-energy VVCS in chiral perturbation theory ($χ$PT). Here we focus on the unpolarized VVCS amplitudes $T_1(ν, Q^2)$ and $T_2(ν, Q^2)$, and the corresponding structure functions $F_1(x, Q^2)$ and $F_2(x,Q^2)$. Our results are confronted, where possible, with "data-driven" dispersive evaluations of low-energy structure quantities, such as nucleon polarizabilities. We find significant disagreements with dispersive evaluations at very low momentum-transfer $Q$; for example, in the slope of polarizabilities at zero momentum-transfer. By expanding the results in powers of the inverse nucleon mass, we reproduce the known "heavy-baryon" expressions. This serves as a check of our calculation, as well as demonstrates the differences between the manifestly Lorentz-invariant (B$χ$PT) and heavy-baryon (HB$χ$PT) frameworks.

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arXiv2020

Longitudinal short-distance constraints for the hadronic light-by-light contribution to $(g-2)_μ$ with large-$N_c$ Regge models

While the low-energy part of the hadronic light-by-light (HLbL) tensor can be constrained from data using dispersion relations, for a full evaluation of its contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $(g-2)_μ$ also mixed- and high-energy regions need to be estimated. Both can be addressed within the operator product expansion (OPE), either for configurations where all photon virtualities become large or one of them remains finite. Imposing such short-distance constraints (SDCs) on the HLbL tensor is thus a major aspect of a model-independent approach towards HLbL scattering. Here, we focus on longitudinal SDCs, which concern the amplitudes containing the pseudoscalar-pole contributions from $π^0$, $η$, $η'$. Since these conditions cannot be fulfilled by a finite number of pseudoscalar poles, we consider a tower of excited pseudoscalars, constraining their masses and transition form factors from Regge theory, the OPE, and phenomenology. Implementing a matching of the resulting expressions for the HLbL tensor onto the perturbative QCD quark loop, we are able to further constrain our calculation and significantly reduce its model dependence. We find that especially for the $π^0$ the corresponding increase of the HLbL contribution is much smaller than previous prescriptions in the literature would imply. Overall, we estimate that longitudinal SDCs increase the HLbL contribution by $Δa_μ^\text{LSDC}=13(6)\times 10^{-11}$. This number does not include the contribution from the charm quark, for which we find $a_μ^{c\text{-quark}}=3(1)\times 10^{-11}$.

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arXiv2020

Short-distance constraints on hadronic light-by-light scattering in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon

A key ingredient in the evaluation of hadronic light-by-light (HLbL) scattering in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $(g-2)_μ$ concerns short-distance constraints (SDCs) that follow from QCD by means of the operator product expansion. Here we concentrate on the most important such constraint, in the longitudinal amplitudes, and show that it can be implemented efficiently in terms of a Regge sum over excited pseudoscalar states, constrained by phenomenological input on masses, two-photon couplings, as well as SDCs on HLbL scattering and the pseudoscalar transition form factors (TFFs). Our estimate of the effect of the longitudinal SDCs on the HLbL contribution is: $Δa_μ^\text{LSDC}=13(6)\times 10^{-11}$. This is significantly smaller than previous estimates, which mostly relied on an ad-hoc modification of the pseudoscalar poles and led to up to a $40\%$ increase with respect to the nominal pseudoscalar-pole contributions, when evaluated with modern input for the relevant TFFs. We also comment on the status of the transversal SDCs and, by matching to perturbative QCD, argue that the corresponding correction will be significantly smaller than its longitudinal counterpart.

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arXiv2019

Lower bound on the proton charge radius from electron scattering data

The proton charge-radius determinations from the electromagnetic form-factor measurements in electron-proton scattering require an extrapolation to zero momentum transfer ($Q^2=0$) which is prone to model-dependent assumptions. We show that the data at finite momentum transfer can be used to establish a rigorous lower bound on the proton charge radius. Using the available $ep$ data at low $Q^2$, we obtain $R_E > 0.850(1)$ fm as the lower bound on the proton radius. This reaffirms the discrepancy between the $ep$ and muonic-hydrogen values, while bypassing the model-dependent assumptions that go into the fitting and extrapolation of the $ep$ data.

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arXiv2018

Comment on "Measurement of the $Q^2$ Dependence of the Deuteron Spin Structure Function $g_1$ and its Moments at Low $Q^2$ with CLAS"

We argue that the recently published CLAS results on the deuteron spin polarizability $γ_0$ [Adhikari {\it et al.}, Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ {\bf 120}, 062501 (2018)], as well as their comparisons with chiral perturbation theory ($χ$PT), are misleading. In reality, the deuteron polarizability is larger by 4 orders of magnitude, as demonstrated here by a novel calculation in pionless EFT. The CLAS paper, on the other hand, presents only a tiny correction to it, based on a partial evaluation of a sum rule for $γ_0$. The sum rule is assumed to have the same form as for the nucleon; we argue it does not. Moreover, their "test of $χ$PT" tacitly involves assumptions which, as we demonstrate, may not be valid at the claimed accuracy.

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arXiv2018

Sum rules across the unpolarized Compton processes involving generalized polarizabilities and moments of nucleon structure functions

We derive two new sum rules for the unpolarized doubly virtual Compton scattering process on a nucleon, which establish novel low-$Q^2$ relations involving the nucleon's generalized polarizabilities and moments of the nucleon's unpolarized structure functions $F_1(x,Q^2)$ and $F_2(x,Q^2)$. These relations facilitate the determination of some structure constants which can only be accessed in off-forward doubly virtual Compton scattering, not experimentally accessible at present. We perform an empirical determination for the proton and compare our results with a next-to-leading-order chiral perturbation theory prediction. We also show how these relations may be useful for a model-independent determination of the low-$Q^2$ subtraction function in the Compton amplitude, which enters the two-photon-exchange contribution to the Lamb shift of (muonic) hydrogen. An explicit calculation of the $Δ(1232)$-resonance contribution to the muonic-hydrogen $2P-2S$ Lamb shift yields $-1 \pm 1$ $\mathsfμ$eV, confirming the previously conjectured smallness of this effect.

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arXiv2018

$Δ(1232)$-Resonance in the Hydrogen Spectrum

The electromagnetic excitation of the $Δ(1232)$-resonance plays an appreciable role in the Lamb shift and hyperfine structure of muonic and electronic hydrogen. Its effect appears at the subleading order $\mathcal{O}(α^5)$, together with other proton-polarizability contributions from forward two-photon exchange. We use the large-$N_c$ relations for the nucleon-to-delta transition form factors to compute the effect of the $Δ(1232)$ in the hydrogen spectrum. We pay particular attention to a subtile difference between predictions based on a direct calculation of the two-photon exchange (or Compton scattering amplitudes) and predictions based on the $Δ(1232)$-production photoabsorption cross sections. The mismatch is explained by studying the dispersion relations for tree-level Compton scattering off the proton in more details.

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arXiv2018

Dissecting the hadronic contributions to $(g-2)_μ$ by Schwinger's sum rule

The theoretical uncertainty of $(g-2)_μ$ is currently dominated by hadronic contributions. In order to express those in terms of directly measurable quantities, we consider a sum rule relating $g-2$ to an integral of a photo-absorption cross section. The sum rule, attributed to Schwinger, can be viewed as a combination of two older sum rules: Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn and Burkhardt-Cottingham. The Schwinger sum rule has an important feature, distinguishing it from the other two: the relation between the anomalous magnetic moment and the integral of a photo-absorption cross section is linear, rather than quadratic. The linear property makes it suitable for a straightforward assessment of the hadronic contributions to $(g-2)_μ$. From the sum rule we rederive the Schwinger $α/2π$ correction, as well as the formula for the hadronic vacuum-polarization contribution. As an example of the light-by-light contribution we consider the single-meson exchange.

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arXiv2017

Exciting Nucleons in Compton Scattering and Hydrogen-Like Atoms

This PhD thesis is devoted to the low-energy structure of the nucleon (proton and neutron) as seen through electromagnetic probes, e.g., electron and Compton scattering. The research presented here is based primarily on dispersion theory and chiral effective-field theory. The main motivation is the recent proton radius puzzle, which is the discrepancy between the classic proton charge radius determinations (based on electron-proton scattering and normal hydrogen spectroscopy) and the highly precise extraction based on first muonic-hydrogen experiments by the CREMA Collaboration. The precision of muonic-hydrogen experiments is presently limited by the knowledge of proton structure effects beyond the charge radius. A major part of this thesis is devoted to calculating these effects using everything we know about the nucleon electromagnetic structure from both theory and experiment. The thesis consists of eight chapters. The first and last are, respectively, the introduction and conclusion. The remainder of this thesis can roughly be divided into the following three topics: finite-size effects in hydrogen-like atoms, real and virtual Compton scattering, and two-photon-exchange effects.

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arXiv2016

Evaluation of the forward Compton scattering off protons: II. Spin-dependent amplitude and observables

The forward Compton scattering off the proton is determined by substituting the empirical total photoabsorption cross sections into dispersive sum rules. In addition to the spin-independent amplitude evaluated previously [Phys. Rev. D 92, 074031 (2015)], we obtain the spin-dependent amplitude over a broad energy range. The two amplitudes contain all the information about this process, and we, hence, can reconstruct the nonvanishing observables of the proton Compton scattering in the forward kinematics. The results are compared with predictions of chiral perturbation theory where available. The low-energy expansion of the spin-dependent Compton scattering amplitude yields the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn (GDH) sum rule and relations for the forward spin polarizabilities (FSPs) of the proton. Our evaluation provides an empirical verification of the GDH sum rule for the proton, and yields empirical values of the proton FSPs. For the GDH integral, we obtain $204.5(21.4)$ $μ$b, in agreement with the sum rule prediction: $204.784481(4)$ $μ$b. For the FSPs, we obtain: $γ_0=-92.9(10.5) \times 10^{-6}$ fm$^4$, and $\bar{γ_0}=48.4(8.2) \times 10^{-6}$ fm$^6$, improving on the accuracy of previous evaluations.

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arXiv2016

Nucleon Polarizabilities: from Compton Scattering to Hydrogen Atom

We review the current state of knowledge of the nucleon polarizabilities and of their role in nucleon Compton scattering and in hydrogen spectrum. We discuss the basic concepts, the recent lattice QCD calculations and advances in chiral effective-field theory. On the experimental side, we review the ongoing programs aimed to measure the nucleon (scalar and spin) polarizabilities via the Compton scattering processes, with real and virtual photons. A great part of the review is devoted to the general constraints based on unitarity, causality, discrete and continuous symmetries, which result in model-independent relations involving nucleon polarizabilities. We (re-)derive a variety of such relations and discuss their empirical value. The proton polarizability effects are presently the major sources of uncertainty in the assessment of the muonic hydrogen Lamb shift and hyperfine structure. Recent calculations of these effects are reviewed here in the context of the "proton-radius puzzle". We conclude with summary plots of the recent results and prospects for the near-future work.

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arXiv2016

Reply to "Comment on `Breakdown of the expansion of finite-size corrections to the hydrogen Lamb shift in moments of charge distribution'"

To comply with the critique of the Comment [J. Arrington, arXiv:1602.01461], we consider another modification of the proton electric form factor, which resolves the "proton-radius puzzle". The proposed modification satisfies all the consistency criteria put forward in the Comment, and yet has a similar impact on the puzzle as that of the original paper. Contrary to the concluding statement of the Comment, it is not difficult to find an ad hoc modification of the form factor at low $Q$ that resolves the discrepancy and is consistent with analyticity constraints. We emphasize once again that we do not consider such an ad hoc modification of the proton form factor to be a solution of the puzzle until a physical mechanism for it is found.

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arXiv2015

Evaluation of the forward Compton scattering off protons: I. Spin-independent amplitude

We evaluate the forward Compton scattering off the proton, based on Kramers-Kronig kind of relations which express the Compton amplitudes in terms of integrals of total photoabsorption cross sections. We obtain two distinct fits to the world data on the unpolarized total photoabsorption cross section, and evaluate the various spin-independent sum rules using these fits. For the sum of proton electric and magnetic dipole polarizabilities, governed by the Baldin sum rule, we obtain the following average (between the two fits): $α_{E1}+β_{M1}=14.0(2)\times 10^{-4}\,\mathrm{fm}^3$. An analogous sum rule involving the quadrupole polarizabilities of the proton is evaluated too. The spin-independent forward amplitude of proton Compton scattering is evaluated in a broad energy range. The results are compared with previous evaluations and the only experimental data point for this amplitude (at 2.2 GeV). We remark on sum rules for the elastic component of polarizabilities.

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arXiv2015

Breakdown of the expansion of finite-size corrections to the hydrogen Lamb shift in moments of charge distribution

We quantify a limitation in the usual accounting of the finite-size effects, where the leading $[(Zα)^4]$ and subleading $[(Zα)^5]$ contributions to the Lamb shift are given by the mean-square radius and the third Zemach moment of the charge distribution. In the presence of any non-smooth behaviour of the nuclear form factor at scales comparable to the inverse Bohr radius, the expansion of the Lamb shift in the moments breaks down. This is relevant for some of the explanations of the "proton size puzzle". We find, for instance, that the de Rújula toy model of the proton form factor does not resolve the puzzle as claimed, despite the large value of the third Zemach moment. Without relying on the radii expansion, we show how tiny, milli-percent (pcm) changes in the proton electric form factor at a MeV scale would be able to explain the puzzle. It shows that one needs to know all the soft contributions to proton electric form factor to pcm accuracy for a precision extraction of the proton charge radius from atomic Lamb shifts.

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