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We study two-loop corrections to the scattering amplitude of four massive leptons in quantum electrodynamics. These amplitudes involve previously unknown elliptic Feynman integrals, which we compute analytically using the differential…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-14 Maximilian Delto , Claude Duhr , Lorenzo Tancredi , Yu Jiao Zhu

In this paper we present the master integrals necessary for the analytic calculation of the box diagrams with one electron loop (N_{F}=1) entering in the 2-loop (\alpha^3) QED virtual corrections to the Bhabha scattering amplitude of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Bonciani , A. Ferroglia , P. Mastrolia , E. Remiddi , J. J. van der Bij

We present some techniques which have been developed recently or in the recent past to compute Feynman graphs beyond one-loop order. These techniques are useful to compute the three-loop splitting functions in QCD and to obtain the complete…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 W. L. van Neerven

We calculate the two-loop virtual, UV renormalized corrections at order \alpha^4 (N_F=1) in QED to the Bhabha scattering differential cross section, for arbitrary values of the squared c.m. energy s and momentum transfer t, and on-shell…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Bonciani , A. Ferroglia , P. Mastrolia , E. Remiddi , J. J. van der Bij

The elastic and inelastic high--energy small--angle electron--positron scattering is considered. All radiative corrections to the cross--section with the relative accuracy $\delta\sigma/ \sigma = 0.1 \% $ are explicitly taken into account.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 A. B. Arbuzov , V. S. Fadin , E. A. Kuraev , L. N. Lipatov , N. P. Merenkov , L. G. Trentadue

We provide an exact calculation of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) massive corrections to Bhabha scattering in QED, relevant for precision luminosity monitoring at meson factories. Using realistic reference event selections, exact…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 C. M. Carloni Calame , H. Czyz , J. Gluza , M. Gunia , G. Montagna , O. Nicrosini , F. Piccinini , T. Riemann , M. Worek

The influence of dispersion on the differential scattering cross section in the vicinity of the first diffraction minimum is revisited for collision energies between 200 and 450 MeV. Transient nuclear excitations in the giant resonance…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-12 D. H. Jakubassa-Amundsen

An analytic formula is given for the total scattering cross section of an electron and a photon at order $\alpha^3$. This includes both the double-Compton scattering real-emission contribution as well as the virtual Compton scattering part.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-18 Roman N. Lee , Matthew D. Schwartz , Xiaoyuan Zhang

QED radiative corrections to elastic electron-proton scattering at low energies are discussed. Corrections to the electron line and effects due to vacuum polarization are computed. Higher order effects are estimated for the conditions of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-11 A. B. Arbuzov , T. V. Kopylova

The accurate knowledge of luminosity at e^+ e^- flavour factories requires the precision calculation of the Bhabha cross section at large scattering angles. In order to achieve a theoretical accuracy at the 0.1% level, the relevant effect…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 C. M. Carloni Calame , C. Lunardini , G. Montagna , O. Nicrosini , F. Piccinini

A new Monte Carlo event generator for wide angle Bhabha scattering and muon pair production in $e^+e^-$ collisions is described. The program includes complete one-loop electroweak corrections, and QED radiative corrections. The O($\alpha$)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-19 J. H. Field , T. Riemann

In this paper we extend the calculation of the QED corrections to deep inelastic lepton-proton scattering with a tagged photon, taking into account the full corrections on the lepton side. Comparing to previous results that were obtained by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-13 H. Anlauf

Born cross section and the radiative corrections to its lowest order are considered in the frame work of QED with structureless nucleons including the emission of virtual and real photons. Result is generalized to take into account…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-13 E. A. Kuraev , S. Bakmaev , Yu. M. Bystritskiy , T. V. Shishkina , O. P. Solovtsova

We present the two-loop virtual QED corrections to e^+ e^- to mu^+ mu^- and Bhabha scattering in dimensional regularization. The results are expressed in terms of polylogarithms. The form of the infrared divergences agrees with previous…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-15 Z. Bern , L. Dixon , A. Ghinculov

The interpretation of high-precision lepton-nucleon scattering experiments requires the knowledge of higher-order radiative corrections. We present a calculation of the cross section for unpolarized lepton-proton scattering including…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-22 R. -D. Bucoveanu , H. Spiesberger

A potential for the vertex and self-energy correction is derived from the first-order Born theory. The inclusion of this potential in the Dirac equation, together with the Uehling potential for vacuum polarization, allows for a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-25 D. H. Jakubassa-Amundsen

Compton scattering is a fundamental process in QED with broad applications, yet its theoretical description at high energies is challenged by substantial next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections arising from double-logarithmic enhancements.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-13 Hai Tao Li , Yan-Qing Ma , Cheng-Tai Tan , Jian Wang , Hong-Fei Zhang

We present O(alpha) YFS exponentiated results for wide angle Bhabha scattering at LEP/SLC energies using a new Monte Carlo event generator BHWIDE 1.xx. Our calculations include two options for the pure weak corrections, as presented in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Jadach , W. Placzek , B. F. L. Ward

We discuss QED radiative corrections at first and second order for the parity violating asymmetry $A_\text{PV}$ in elastic electron proton scattering. A measurement of $A_\text{PV}$ is planned at low energies and with high precision by the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-01 Razvan-Daniel Bucoveanu , Hubert Spiesberger

The construction of a computer code to calculate the cross sections for the spin-polarized processes e-gamma=>e-gamma,e-gamma-gamma,e-e+e- to order-alpha**3 is described. The code calculates cross sections for circularly-polarized…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-25 M. L. Swartz