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In the positron-electron annihilation process, finite deviations from the standard calculation based on the Fermi's Golden rule are suggested in recent theoretical work. This paper describes an experimental test of the predictions of this…
A Monte Carlo generator has been constructed to simulate the reaction e^+e^- \to \gamma + 4 \pi, where the photon is assumed to be observed in the detector. Only initial state radiation is considered. Additional collinear photon radiation…
A detailed investigation of the theoretical ambiguities present in the QCD description of photon production in $e^+e^-$ annihilation is given. It is pointed out that in a well-defined perturbative analysis it is necessary to subtract the…
The computation of the polarized amplitudes and cross section of the processes $\gamma\nu\to\gamma\gamma \nu$, $\gamma\gamma \to \gamma\nu\bar\nu$ and $\nu\bar\nu \to \gamma\gamma\gamma$ is described. We used an effective lagrangian…
We present complete results for the $O(\alpha_s)$ corrections to the production of a heavy quark pair plus a hard photon, in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation, including both photon and $Z$ intermediate states. Virtual corrections are calculated…
The rate of $e^+e^-$ pair creation by external electric field in the presence of an incident photon beam is calculated for the photon energy far below the threshold, $\omega \ll m$, and the field strength small as compared to the critical…
Rates of the two-, three-, four- and five-photon annihilations of the electron-positron pairs are determined numerically for the three-body positronium ion Ps$^-$ ($e^- e^+ e^-$) and four-body bi-positronium `molecule' Ps$_2$ ($e^- e^+ e^-…
This paper presents a novel {\em Interpolated Factored Green Function} method (IFGF) for the accelerated evaluation of the integral operators in scattering theory and other areas. Like existing acceleration methods in these fields, the IFGF…
A fully massive Monte Carlo program to compute all four-fermion processes in electron positron collisions, including Higgs boson production, is presented. Leading higher order effects are discussed and included.
Three-photon annihilation of the electron-positron pairs (= $(e^{-}, e^{+})-$pairs) is considered in the electron rest frame. The energy of the incident positron can be arbitrary. The analytical expression for the cross-section of…
The single-particle Green's function of an interacting Fermi system with dominant forward scattering is calculated by decoupling the interaction by means of a Hubbard-Stratonowich transformation involving a bosonic auxiliary field…
In this paper we present two methods to evaluate non-factorizable corrections to pair-production of unstable particles. The methods are illustrated in detail for W-pair-mediated four-fermion production. The results are valid a few widths…
We present an efficient implemention of a non-equilibrium Green function (NEGF) method for self-consistent calculations of electron transport and forces in nanostructured materials. The electronic structure is described at the level of…
A computer program ee4fgamma for calculating cross sections of any four fermion final state of e+e--annihilation at high energy and the corresponding bremsstrahlung reaction that is possible in the framework of the Standard Model is…
We investigate one-photon annihilation of the electron-positron pair in the field of a central, very heavy and positively charged atomic nucleus. The explicit formula for the annihilation rate of this process $\Gamma^{(b)}_{1 \gamma}$ is…
We calculate the photon-energy spectrum of the inclusive radiative decay $B\to X_s\gamma$, induced by the electromagnetic dipole operator $O_7$, to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order and consider the complete corrections for light…
The complete electroweak O(alpha) corrections are calculated for 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. The calculation is performed using…
I report on a numerical program, which can be used to calculate any infrared safe three-jet observable in electron-positron annihilation to next-to-next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant alpha_s. The results are compared to a…
The package aITALC has been developed for the automated calculation of radiative corrections to two-fermion production at $e^+ e^-$ colliders. The package uses Diana, Qgraf, Form, Fortran, FF, LoopTools, and further unix/linux tools.…
We provide complete analytic expressions for the inclusive prompt photon production cross section in hadronic final states of $e^+e^-$ annihilation reactions through one-loop order in quantum chromodynamics perturbation theory. Computed…