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arxiv: 1702.01189 · v1 · pith:AVKIYSDGnew · submitted 2017-02-03 · ✦ hep-ph · nucl-th· physics.atom-ph

Review of experimental and theoretical status of the proton radius puzzle

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

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