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Subleading Logarithmic QED Initial State Corrections to $e^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma^*/{Z^{0}}^*$ to $O(\alpha^6 L^5)$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2020-05-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Using the method of massive operator matrix elements, we calculate the subleading QED initial state radiative corrections to the process e+eγ/Ze^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma^*/Z^* for the first three logarithmic contributions from O(α3L3),O(α3L2),O(α3L)O(\alpha^3 L^3), O(\alpha^3 L^2), O(\alpha^3 L) to O(α5L5),O(α5L4),O(α5L3)O(\alpha^5 L^5), O(\alpha^5 L^4), O(\alpha^5 L^3) and compare their effects to the leading contribution O(α6L6)O(\alpha^6 L^6) and one more subleading term O(α6L5)O(\alpha^6 L^5). The calculation is performed in the limit of large center of mass energies squared sme2s \gg m_e^2. These terms supplement the known corrections to O(α2)O(\alpha^2), which were completed recently. Given the high precision at future colliders operating at very large luminosity, these corrections are important for concise theoretical predictions. The present calculation needs the calculation of one more two--loop massive operator matrix element in QED. The radiators are obtained as solutions of the associated Callen--Symanzik equations in the massive case. The radiators can be expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms to weight {\sf w = 6} of argument zz and (1z)(1-z) and in Mellin NN space by generalized harmonic sums. Numerical results are presented on the position of the ZZ peak and corrections to the ZZ width, ΓZ\Gamma_Z. The corrections calculated result into a final theoretical accuracy for δMZ\delta M_Z and δΓZ\delta \Gamma_Z which is estimated to be of O(30 keV) at an anticipated systematic accuracy at the FCC\_ee of \sim 100 keV. This precision cannot be reached, however, by including only the corrections up to O(α3)O(\alpha^3).

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@article{arxiv.2004.04287,
  title  = {Subleading Logarithmic QED Initial State Corrections to $e^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma^*/{Z^{0}}^*$ to $O(\alpha^6 L^5)$},
  author = {J. Ablinger and J. Blümlein and A. De Freitas and K. Schönwald},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.04287},
  year   = {2020}
}

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58 pages, 3 Figures