Erratum: Nucleon polarizabilities from low-energy Compton scattering (Physics Letters B (2003) 567 (200) DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.06.040)

S. R. Beane, M. Malheiro, J. A. McGovern, D. R. Phillips, U. Van Kolck

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    Abstract

    The results given for the isoscalar combinations of nucleon electromagnetic polarizabilities in [Phys. Lett. B 567 (2003) 200] are incorrect. After correcting errors in our O(Q4) chiral perturbation theory calculation of elastic γd scattering we obtain a fit to recent experimental data with χ2/d.o.f.=26.6/20. For the isoscalar electric polarizability this fit yields αN=(13.0±1.9(stat))-1.5 +3.9(theory), while βN is consistent with zero within sizable error bars. These mistakes in our γd calculation do not affect the results quoted in [Phys. Lett. B 567 (2003) 200] for the proton polarizabilities. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)320-322
    Number of pages2
    JournalPhysics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Volume607
    Issue number3-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2005

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