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    Resolution of the Proton Spin Problem

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    A number of lines of investigation into the structure of the nucleon have converged to the point where we believe that one has a consistent explanation of the well known proton spin crisis.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur

    Low-Energy Effective Field Theory of Lepton-Proton Bremsstrahlung

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    We calculate the cross section for the lepton-proton bremsstrahlung process l+p→l′+p+γl+p\to l^\prime +p+\gamma in effective field theory. This process corresponds to an undetected background signal for the proposed MUSE experiment at PSI. MUSE is designed to measure elastic scattering of low-energy electrons and muons off a proton target in order to extract a precise value for the proton's r.m.s. radius. We show that the commonly used {\it peaking approximation}, which is used to evaluate the {\it radiative tail} for the elastic cross section, is not applicable for muon proton scattering at the low-energy MUSE kinematics. We also correct a misprint in a commonly cited review article.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figure
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