  The apparent discrepancy between the Rosenbluth and the polarization transfer
method for the ratio of the electric to magnetic proton form factors can be
explained by a two-photon exchange correction which does not destroy the
linearity of the Rosenbluth plot. Though intrinsically small, of the order of a
few percent of the cross section, this correction is kinematically enhanced in
the Rosenbluth method while it is small for the polarization transfer method,
at least in the range of (Q^2) where it has been used until now.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology