Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 142301 (2005) [5 pages]Precision Rosenbluth Measurement of the Proton Elastic Form FactorsReceived 7 October 2004; published 15 April 2005 We report the results of a new Rosenbluth measurement of the proton electromagnetic form factors at Q2 values of 2.64, 3.20, and 4.10 GeV2. Cross sections were determined by detecting the recoiling proton, in contrast to previous measurements which detected the scattered electron. Cross sections were determined to 3%, with relative uncertainties below 1%. The ratio μpGE/GM was determined to 4%–8% and showed μpGE/GM≈1. These results are consistent with, and much more precise than, previous Rosenbluth extractions. They are inconsistent with recent polarization transfer measurements of similar precision, implying a systematic difference between the techniques. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.142301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.142301
PACS:
25.30.Bf, 13.40.Gp, 14.20.Dh
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