Factorization and hence reggeization in massive QED

The high-energy limit of fermion-antifermion scattering into two vector mesons is investigated in massive quantum electrodynamics. By the use of the Coulomb gauge in a suitably chosen class of frames the scattering amplitude can be cast into a factorized form, apart from certain correction terms. Factorization, taken together with the frame independence of the amplitude, is sufficient to imply Regge behaviour. The correction terms are negligible to high enough order to ensure that reggeization holds up to three-loop order. They are expected to be negligible to all orders. (Auth.)