Published October 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

One-loop photonic corrections to Bhabha scattering in d=4-2ε dimensions

  • 1. Universitaet Bielefeld, Fakultaet fuer Physik, Bielefeld (Germany)
  • 2. University of Silesia, Department of Field Theory and Particle Physics, Institute of Physics, Katowice (Poland)
  • 3. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Zeuthen (Germany)
  • 4. Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Physikalisches Institut, Freiburg (Germany)

Description

The luminosity measurement at the projected International Linear e+e- Collider ILC is planned to be performed with forward Bhabha scattering with an accuracy of the order of 10-4. A theoretical prediction of the differential cross-section has to include one-loop weak corrections, with leading higher order terms, and the complete two-loop QED corrections. Here, we present the weak part and the virtual one-loop photonic corrections. For the photonic corrections, the expansions in ε=(4-d)/2 are derived with inclusion of the terms of order ε in order to match the two-loop accuracy. For the photonic box master integral in d dimensions we compare several different methods of evaluation. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0008-6

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 35-52
ISSN
1434-6044