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Particles and Fields
Eur. Phys. J. C 7, 185-195
DOI 10.1007/s100529800995

Electroweak radiative corrections to polarized Møller scattering at high energies

A. Denner1 - S. Pozzorini2

1 Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland (e-mail: Ansgar.Denner@psi.ch)
2 Institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Received: 22 July 1998 / Published online: 8 September 1998

Abstract
The cross section for $\rm e^-e^-\rightarrow e^-e^- $ with arbitrary electron polarizations is calculated within the Electroweak Standard Model for energies large compared to the electron mass, including the complete virtual and soft-photonic $O(\alpha)$ radiative corrections. The relevant analytical results are listed, and a numerical evaluation is presented for the unpolarized and polarized cross sections as well as for polarization asymmetries. The relative weak corrections are typically of the order of 10%. At low energies, the bulk of the corrections is due to the running of the electromagnetic coupling constant. For left-handed electrons, at high energies the vertex and box corrections involving virtual W bosons become very important. The polarization asymmetry is considerably reduced by the weak radiative corrections.


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