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We present our results for the NNLL virtual corrections to the matrix elements of the operators O_1 and O_2 for the inclusive process b\to s\ell^+\ell^- in the kinematical region q^2>4m_c^2, where q^2 is the invariant mass squared of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-05-20 Christoph Greub , Volker Pilipp , Christof Schüpbach

The $e^+e^- \to \gamma\gamma b\bar b$ is an irreducible background process in measuring the $H^0 \to \gamma\gamma$ decay width, if Higgs boson is produced in association with a $Z^0$-boson which subsequently decays via $Z^0 \to b\bar b$ at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-02-02 Guo Lei , Zhang Ren-You , Ma Wen-Gan , Han Liang

We present the full O(alpha) corrections to single Higgs production in e+e- collision. The computation is performed with the help of GRACE-LOOP where a generalized non-linear gauge fixing condition is implemented. The numerical results are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Belanger , F. Boudjema , J. Fujimoto , T. Ishikawa , T. Kaneko , K. Kato , Y. Shimizu

Analytic formulae are derived for the complete photon energy spectrum due to QED corrections to fermion pair production in case of a limited angular acceptance for the final state fermions. After a numerical integration over the energy of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Bardin , M. Bilenky , A. Sazonov , Yu. Sedykh , T. Riemann , M. Sachwitz

We present the full order alpha electroweak radiative corrections to e+e- -> e+e-H. The computation is performed with the help of GRACE-loop. The extraction of the full QED corrections is performed, these are quite large at threshold. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Boudjema , J. Fujimoto , T. Ishikawa , T. Kaneko , K. Kato , Y. Kurihara , Y. Shimizu , Y. Yasui

Processes of electron-positron annihilation into charged pions and kaons are considered. Radiative corrections are taken into account exactly in the first order and within the leading logarithmic approximation in higher orders. A combined…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 A. B. Arbuzov , V. A. Astakhov , A. V. Fedorov , G. V. Fedotovich , E. A. Kuraev , N. P. Merenkov

We present the first results for the ${\cal O}(\alpha\alpha_s)$ corrections to the total partonic cross section of the process $q\bar q\to Z+X$, with the complete set of contributions, that include photonic and massive weak gauge boson…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-04 Roberto Bonciani , Federico Buccioni , Narayan Rana , Ilario Triscari , Alessandro Vicini

The recently completed calculation of the full electroweak O(alpha) corrections to the charged-current four-fermion production processes e+e- --> nu_tau tau+ mu- anti-nu_mu, u anti-d mu- anti-nu_mu, and u anti-d s anti-c is briefly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Denner , S. Dittmaier , M. Roth , L. H. Wieders

A cross-section calculation for the Standard Model reaction $e^+e^- \rightarrow (Z^0Z^0) \rightarrow f_1\bar{f_1}f_2\bar{f_2}$ including the effects of the finite $Z^0$~width and initial state radiative corrections is presented. The angular…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Dima Bardin , Dietrich Lehner , Tord Riemann

Electron-positron annihilation into hadrons plus an energetic photon from initial state radiation allows the hadronic cross-section to be measured over a wide range of energies. The full next-to-leading order QED corrections for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-13 G. Rodrigo , H. Czyz , J. H. Kuhn , M. Szopa

In reactions with $q \bar q$ production or $q\bar q$ annihilation, initial- and final-state interactions give rise to large corrections to the lowest-order cross sections. We evaluate the correction factor first for low relative kinetic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Lali Chatterjee , Cheuk-Yin Wong

We compute the radiative corrections to the process of two-pion production in association with a hard photon in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation by taking into account the non-perturbative structure of the pion in the one-loop calculation. For this…

Using the automatic system GRACE-LOOP, the full $O(\alpha)$ electroweak corrections has been calculated for the process $e^+e^- \to W^+\mu \bar{\nu}_{\mu}$. The total correction to the cross section is found to be typically -6.4% at…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Fujimoto , T. Ishikawa , Y. Kurihara , Y. Shimizu , K. Kato , N. Nakazawa , T. Kaneko

We calculate the second-order QCD corrections to the forward-backward asymmetry in $e^+e^-$ annihilation. Using the quark axis definition, we do not agree with either existing calculation, but the difference relative to one of them is small…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-03 Stefano Catani , Michael H. Seymour

We discuss $1/Q$ corrections to hard processes in QCD where $Q$ is a large mass parameter like the total energy in $e^+e^-$ annihilation. The main problem we address ourselves to is whether these corrections to different processes…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 R. Akhoury , V. I. Zakharov

In this article we evaluate mass corrections up to $O((m^2/q^2)^6)$ to the three-loop polarization function induced by an axial-vector current. Special emphasis is put on the evaluation of the singlet diagram which is absent in the vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-13 R. Harlander , M. Steinhauser

Some of the most interesting Higgs-production processes at future e+ e- colliders are of the type e+ e- -> f anti-f H. We present a calculation of the complete O(alpha) corrections to these processes in the Standard Model for final-state…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Denner , S. Dittmaier , M. Roth , M. M. Weber

The dependence of corrections due to the initial state radiation in $e^+ e^-$-annihilation processes on the choice of the factorization scale is investigated. Different prescriptions of the factorization scale choice are analyzed within the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-30 Andrej Arbuzov , Uliana Voznaya , Aliaksandr Sadouski

We analyse power corrections to longitudinal and transverse fragmentation processes in e^+ e^- annihilation, based on the assumption of ultraviolet dominance of power corrections. Under this assumption, we determine the dependence of power…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Beneke , V. M. Braun , L. Magnea

We compute the complete O(alpha^2) QED corrections to the electron energy spectrum in unpolarized muon decay, including the full dependence on the electron mass. Our calculation reduces the theoretical uncertainty on the electron energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Charalampos Anastasiou , Kirill Melnikov , Frank Petriello