Experimental study of the reactions e+e-e+e- and e+e- at 29 GeV

M. Derrick; K. K. Gan; P. Kooijman; J. S. Loos; B. Musgrave; L. E. Price; J. Schlereth; K. Sugano; J. M. Weiss; D. E. Wood; D. Blockus; B. Brabson; S. W. Gray; C. Jung; H. Neal; H. Ogren; D. R. Rust; M. Valdata-Nappi; C. Akerlof; G. Bonvicini; J. Chapman; D. Errede; N. Harnew; P. Kesten; D. I. Meyer; D. Nitz; A. A. Seidl; R. Thun; T. Trinko; M. Willutzky; S. Abachi; P. Baringer; I. Beltrami; B. G. Bylsma; R. Debonte; D. Koltick; F. J. Loeffler; E. H. Low; U. Mallik; R. L. McIlwain; D. H. Miller; C. R. Ng; L. K. Rangan; E. I. Shibata; B. Cork

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.34.3286

Experimental study of the reactions e+e-e+e- and e+e- at 29 GeV

M. Derrick
, K. K. Gan
, P. Kooijman
, J. S. Loos
, B. Musgrave
, L. E. Price
, J. Schlereth
, K. Sugano
, J. M. Weiss
, D. E. Wood
, D. Blockus
, B. Brabson
, S. W. Gray
, C. Jung
, H. Neal
, H. Ogren
, D. R. Rust
, M. Valdata-Nappi
, C. Akerlof
, G. Bonvicini

J. Chapman, D. Errede, N. Harnew, P. Kesten, D. I. Meyer, D. Nitz, A. A. Seidl, R. Thun, T. Trinko, M. Willutzky, S. Abachi, P. Baringer, I. Beltrami, B. G. Bylsma, R. Debonte, D. Koltick, F. J. Loeffler, E. H. Low, U. Mallik, R. L. McIlwain, D. H. Miller, C. R. Ng, L. K. Rangan, E. I. Shibata, B. Cork

Physics and Astronomy

Argonne National Laboratory
Indiana University Bloomington
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Purdue University
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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This paper reports measurements of the differential cross sections for the reactions e+e-'e+e- (Bhabha scattering) and e+e-' (-pair production). The reactions are studied at a center-of-mass energy of 29 GeV and in the polar-angular region -costheta -<0.55. A direct cross-section comparison between these two reactions provides a sensitive test of the predictions of quantum electrodynamics (QED) to order ±3. When the ratio of -pair to Bhabha experimental cross sections, integrated over -costheta -<0.55, is divided by the same ratio predicted from ±3 QED theory, the result is 1.007±0.009±0.008. The 95%-confidence limits on the QED-cutoff parameters are +>154 GeV and ->220 GeV for Bhabha scattering, and +>59 GeV and ->59 GeV for -pair production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3286-3303
Number of pages	18
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	34
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.3286
State	Published - 1986

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Derrick, M., Gan, K. K., Kooijman, P., Loos, J. S., Musgrave, B., Price, L. E., Schlereth, J., Sugano, K., Weiss, J. M., Wood, D. E., Blockus, D., Brabson, B., Gray, S. W., Jung, C., Neal, H., Ogren, H., Rust, D. R., Valdata-Nappi, M., Akerlof, C., ... Cork, B. (1986). Experimental study of the reactions e+e-e+e- and e+e- at 29 GeV. Physical Review D, 34(11), 3286-3303. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.3286

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