Electron-positron annihilation to photons at O(^3) revisited

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2020.115200MaRDI QIDQ823029zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. N. Lee

Publication date 24 September 2021

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11082

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Inelastic and multichannel quantum scattering (81U35) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: We apply the modern multiloop methods to the calculation of the total cross sections of electron-positron annihilation to 2 and 3 photons exactly in $s/m^2$ with the accuracy $O(alph{a}^3)$. Examining the asymptotics of our results, we find agreement with Ref. [Andreassi_et_al_1962] and discover mistakes in the results of Refs. [Eidelman&Kuraev_1978,Berends&Kleiss_1981]. This mistake is due to the terms, omitted in differential cross section in Refs. [Eidelman&Kuraev_1978,Berends&Kleiss_1981], which are peaked in the kinematic region with all three photons being quasi-parallel to the collision axis. After restoring these terms, we find an agreement of the corrected result of Ref. [Berends&Kleiss_1981] with our result.

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• Radiative Corrections to the Total Cross Section for Annihilation of a Pair into Photons
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• Computer simulation study of the properties of orthopositronium \(3\gamma\) decay
• Charge asymmetry in the spectra of bremsstrahlung and pair production
• Two-loop radiative corrections to \(e^+e^- \rightarrow \gamma\gamma^\ast\) cross section
• Three-loop corrections to lamb shift in positronium: electron factor and polarization
• Annihilation of the electron–positron pairs in polyelectrons
• Three-photon annihilation of the electron-positron pairs
• The \(O(\alpha^2)\) initial state QED corrections to \(e^+ e^- \to \gamma^\ast / Z_0^\ast \)
• Worldline master formulas for the dressed electron propagator. II: On-shell amplitudes

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