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Electromagnetic Form Factors and their Interpretation

Orr, Jonathan
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2022
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Metz, Andreas
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Constantinou, Martha
Surrow, Bernd
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Physics
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Particle physics
 Form factors
 Proton
 Radius
 Scattering amplitude
 Scattering cross section
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/7746
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The electromagnetic form factors in elastic electron-proton scattering are used to determine the finite size of the proton. Through the use of Feynman Diagrams and Fermi's "golden rule", several key results for cross sections of elastic electron scattering will be re-derived. This will ultimately lead to the calculation for the Rosenbluth formula, that describes in detail the process of electron-proton scattering. Furthermore, the process used for determining the size of the proton from the form factors will be shown. In addition, a recent paper by R. Jaffe, which argues the validity of this process, will be discussed in detail.
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