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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…
A total and differential cross-section calculation for the Electroweak Standard Model reaction $e^+ e^- \rightarrow (Z^0 Z^0) \rightarrow f_1\bar{f_1}f_2\bar{f_2}(\gamma)$\ including the effects of the finite $Z^0$\ width and, for the first…
We study Standard Model four-fermion production in e+ e- annihilation at LEP2 energies and above using a semi-analytical approach. We derive the complete QED initial state corrections (ISR) to the reactions e+e- -> ZZ ->…
A novel method of studying e+e- annihilation into hadrons using initial state radiation at e+e- colliders is described. After brief history of the method, its theoretical foundations are considered. Numerous experiments in which exclusive…
With a current-splitting technique, we calculate the gauge-invariant initial-state radiation to order \oalf\ with soft-photon exponentiation for on- and off-shell $W$-pair production. This result generalizes the convolution formula, which…
A study of the semi-analytical approach to four-fermion production in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation is presented. We classify all possible four-fermion final states and present results of new calculations for the `basic' processes with the…
In two earlier papers it was demonstrated that Lorentzian and Galilean symmetries could both be useful in the analysis of the annihilation reaction $e^+ e^- \to \gamma \Lambda(\rightarrow p\pi^-) \bar{\Lambda}(\rightarrow \bar{p}\pi^+)$. It…
The process of $e^+e^-$ annihilation into a $\pi^+\pi^-$ pair with radiation of a photon is considered. The amplitude of the reaction $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\gamma$ consists of the model independent initial-state radiation (ISR) and…
The process of $e^+ e^-$ annihilation into $\pi^+ \pi^-$ pair with radiation of the photon is considered. The amplitude of the reaction $e^+ e^- \to \pi^+ \pi^- \gamma$ consists of the model independent initial-state radiation (ISR) and…
Complete one-loop electroweak radiative corrections to the cross section of the process $e^+e^- \to \mu^-\mu^+ (\tau^-\tau^+)$ are evaluated with the help of the \SANC system. Higher-order contributions of the initial state radiation are…
Radiative corrections due to initial state radiation in electron-positron annihilation are calculated within the QED structure function approach. Results are shown in the next-to-leading logarithmic approximation up to $O(\alpha^4 L^3)$…
The QED initial state corrections are calculated to the forward-backward asymmetry for $e^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma^*/{Z^{0}}^*$ in the leading logarithmic approximation to $O(\alpha^6 L^6)$ extending the known corrections up to $O(\alpha^2…
The distributions of the bottom quark in the process $e^+ e^- \to t \, \bar{t} \to b \, W^+ \, \bar{t}$ are considered at the $e^+ e^-$ energy corresponding to the first construction stage of the Compact Linear Collider. The cross sections…
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…
At $e^+ \, e^-$ colliders the QED--initial state radiation forms a large part of the radiative corrections. Their precise and fast evaluation is an essential asset for the experiments at LEP, the ILC and the FCC-ee, operating at high…
The precise knowledge of the QED initial state corrections is of instrumental importance in studying high luminosity measurements in $e^+e^-$ annihilation at facilities like LEP, the International Linear Collider ILC, CLIC, a Giga-$Z$…
We have calculated the complete electroweak O(alpha) radiative corrections to the single Higgs-boson production processes e+ e- --> nu_l anti-nu_l H (l=e,mu,tau) in the electroweak Standard Model. Initial-state radiation beyond O(alpha) is…
The exact analytic form of cross sections including initial state radiation with Kuraev-Fadin radiative function are obtained for $e^+e^-$ annihilation around a resonance. Despite accounting for vacuum polarization and center-of-mass energy…
We calculate the complete $O(\alpha^2)$ initial state radiation corrections to $e^+ e^-$ annihilation into a neutral vector boson in a direct analytic computation without any approximation. The corrections are represented in terms of…
Recently the BaBar Collaboration published new data on the cross section for the annihilation e+e- -> phi pi0, obtained using the initial state radiation technique at a center of mass energy of 10.6 GeV. Such a process represents an…