  Background: Mixed-symmetry 2+ states in vibrational nuclei are characterized
by a sign change between dominant proton and neutron valence-shell components
with respect to the fully symmetric 2+ state. The sign can be measured by a
decomposition of proton and neutron transition radii with a combination of
inelastic electron and hadron scattering [C. Walz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106,
062501 (2011)]. For the case of 92Zr, a difference could be experimentally
established for the neutron components, while about equal proton transition
radii were indicated by the data. Method: Differential cross sections for the
excitation of one-phonon 2+ and 3- states in 92Zr have been measured with the
(e,e') reaction at the S-DALINAC in a momentum transfer range q = 0.3-0.6
fm^(-1). Results: Transition strengths B(E2;2+_1 -> 0+_1) = 6.18(23), B(E2;
2+_2 -> 0+_1) = 3.31(10) and B(E3; 3-_1 -> 0+_1) = 18.4(11) Weisskopf units are
determined from a comparison of the experimental cross sections to
quasiparticle-phonon model (QPM) calculations. It is shown that a
model-independent plane wave Born approximation (PWBA) analysis can fix the
ratio of B(E2) transition strengths to the 2+_(1,2) states with a precision of
about 1%. The method furthermore allows to extract their proton transition
radii difference. With the present data -0.12(51) fm is obtained. Conclusions:
Electron scattering at low momentum transfers can provide information on
transition radii differences of one-phonon 2+ states even in heavy nuclei.
Proton transition radii for the 2+_(1,2) states in 92Zr are found to be
identical within uncertainties. The g.s. transition probability for the
mixed-symmetry state can be determined with high precision limited only by the
available experimental information on the B(E2; 2+_1 -> 0+_1) value.
