A test of the benchmark QED process $e^ + e^- \to \gamma \gamma (\gamma)$ is reported, using the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP 2. The data analysed were recorded at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 GeV to 208 GeV and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 656.4 pb-1. The Born cross-section for the process $e^ + e^- \to \gamma \gamma (\gamma)$ was determined, confirming the validity of QED at the highest energies ever attained in electron-positron collisions. Lower limits on the parameters of a number of possible deviations from QED, predicted within theoretical frameworks expressing physics beyond the Standard Model, were derived.

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Determination of the e+e− → γγ(γ) cross-section at LEP 2

A. Andreazza;C. Meroni;G. Vegni;
2004

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A test of the benchmark QED process $e^ + e^- \to \gamma \gamma (\gamma)$ is reported, using the data collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP 2. The data analysed were recorded at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 161 GeV to 208 GeV and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 656.4 pb-1. The Born cross-section for the process $e^ + e^- \to \gamma \gamma (\gamma)$ was determined, confirming the validity of QED at the highest energies ever attained in electron-positron collisions. Lower limits on the parameters of a number of possible deviations from QED, predicted within theoretical frameworks expressing physics beyond the Standard Model, were derived.
LEP ; DELPHI ; QED
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
1-ott-2004
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