Speaker
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Stefano Sconfietti$^{1,2}$, Barbara Pasquini$^{1,2}$, and Paolo Pedroni$^{2}$
1: Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy,
2: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
I will discuss the results of the the extraction of static scalar polarizabilities from real Compton scattering (RCS) data off the proton, obtained from a bootstrap-based fit combined with the theoretical framework of dispersion relations (DRs) [1]. Nucleon scalar polarizabilities $\alpha_{E1}$ and $\beta_{M1}$ are structure constants that parametrize the spin-independent response of the nucleon to an external quasi-static electromagnetic field.
In the framework of fixed−t subtracted DRs, the 6 functions that parametrize the RCS amplitude are obtained from dispersive integrals, with an additional subtraction constant for each function. Specific combinations of these constants are related to 6 polarizabilities: four of them are spin-dependent, the remaining two are the electric $\alpha_{E1}$ and magnetic $\beta_{M1}$ polarizabilities.
In this framework, I performed a fit of $\alpha_{E1}$ and $\beta_{M1}$ to the data of unpolarized proton RCS differential cross section, using a bootstrap-based technique. The main idea of this technique is the Monte Carlo sampling of replicas from the probability distribution of the original data. The conventional $\chi^2$ fitting strategy is recovered when only statistical errors are included in data analysis, while the inclusion of systematic sources of uncertainties modifies the limit probability distribution of the minimization function [2].
I will discuss the global fitted values of $\alpha_{E1}$ and $\beta_{M1}$ , their comparison with the previous extractions (obtained in the framework of unsubtracted DRs and chiral perturbation theory), and the statistical features of the bootstrap-based strategy.
[1] B. Pasquini, P. Pedroni and S. Sconfietti, arXiv:1903.07952.
[2] P. Pedroni and S. Sconfietti, in preparation.
| Graduate Student | Yes |
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| Early Consideration | Yes |
