28 August 2016 to 4 September 2016
Europe/Athens timezone

Review of present experimental and theoretical status of the proton radius puzzle

30 Aug 2016, 09:30
30m
Aristotelis (Makedonia Palace)

Aristotelis

Makedonia Palace

Plenary sessions Plenary

Speaker

Prof. Richard Hill (TRIUMF, Perimeter Institute and U. Chicago)

Description

The discrepancy between the measured Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen and expectations from electron-proton scattering and hydrogen spectroscopy has become known as the proton radius puzzle, whose most "mundane" resolution requires a $\sim 5 \sigma$ shift in the value of the Rydberg constant. I review the status of spectroscopic and scattering measurements, recent theoretical developments, and implications for fundamental physics.

Primary author

Prof. Richard Hill (TRIUMF, Perimeter Institute and U. Chicago)

Presentation materials