Published February 3, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Small-angle electron-positron scattering with a per mille accuracy

  • 1. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Rossijskaya Akademiya Nauk, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation). Inst. Yadernoj Fiziki
  • 3. St. Petersburg Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Gatchina (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Kharkov Inst. of Physics and Technology (KFTI) (Ukraine)
  • 5. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland). Theoretical Physics Div.

Description

The elastic and inelastic high-energy small-angle electron-positron scattering is considered. All radiative corrections to the cross section with the relative accuracy δσ/σ=0.1% are explicitly taken into account. According to the generalized eikonal representation for the elastic amplitude, in higher orders only diagrams with one exchanged photon may be considered. Single-photon emission with radiative corrections and next-to-leadiding two-photon and pair production diagrams are evaluated, together with leading three-loop corrections. All contributions have been calculated analytically. We integrate the calculated distributions over typical for LEP 1 experiments intervals of angles and energies. To the leading approximation, the results are shown to be described in terms of kernels of electron structure functions. Some numerical results are presented. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
485
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 457-499.
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO