Two-photon exchange and polarization physics in electron-proton scattering

Abstract

We discuss effects of two-photon exchange (TPE) in various observables of the elastic ep-scattering. The imaginary part of the TPE amplitude manifests in target and beam normal spin asymmetries. The real part contributes to the cross-section. A model-independent phenomenological analysis of experimental data is performed. Its results are compared with theoretical calculations.

Comments: Talk given at Baldin ISHEPP XIX, Dubna, September 29 - October 4, 2008