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Experimental study of the reactionse+eAuthor(s) -
M. Derrick,
K. K. Gan,
P. Kooijman,
J. S. Loos,
B. Musgrave,
L. E. Price,
J. Schlereth,
K. Sugano,
J. M. Weiss,
D. Wood,
D. Blockus,
B. Brabson,
S. W. Gray,
C. K. Jung,
H. A. 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. P. Thun,
T. Trinko,
M. Willutzky,
S. Abachi,
P. Baringer,
I. Beltrami,
Ben 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
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.34.3286
Subject(s) - bhabha scattering , physics , scattering , center of mass (relativistic) , nuclear physics , center (category theory) , pair production , scattering cross section , particle physics , quantum mechanics , crystallography , energy–momentum relation , chemistry
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. © 1986 The American Physical Society

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