Model independent analysis of proton structure for hydrogenic bound states

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Oct 14;107(16):160402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.160402. Epub 2011 Oct 13.

Abstract

Proton structure effects in hydrogenic bound states are analyzed using nonrelativistic QED effective field theory. Implications for the Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen are discussed. Model-dependent assumptions in previous analyses are isolated, and sensitivity to poorly constrained hadronic structure in the two-photon exchange contribution is identified.