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QED box amplitude in heavy fermion production

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-09-13 v1

Abstract

We evaluate the two-photon box contribution to heavy fermion production in electron positron annihilation, that provides O(alpha^2) electromagnetic corrections to the Born cross section. The study of its non-relativistic expansion, relevant at energies close to the threshold of production, is also performed. We also verify that the threshold expansion of the one-loop integrals correctly reproduces our results, thus extending the applicability of this technique to heavy fermion production diagrams.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0206100,
  title  = {QED box amplitude in heavy fermion production},
  author = {J. Portoles and P. D. Ruiz-Femenia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0206100},
  year   = {2011}
}

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18 pages, 2 figures