Parity violating electron scattering at the MAMI facility in Mainz

Abstract

Abstract.A measurement of the weak form factor of the proton allows a separation of the strangeness contribution to the electromagnetic form factors. The weak form factor is accessed experimentally by the measurement of a parity violating (PV) asymmetry in the scattering of polarized electrons on unpolarized protons. We performed such measurements with the setup of the A4-experiment at the MAMI accelerator facility in Mainz. The role of strangeness in low energy nonperturbative QCD is discussed. The A4-experiment is presented as well as the results on the strangeness form factors which have been measured at two Q 2 -values. The plans for backward angle measurements at the MAMI facility are presented.