Initial State Radiative Corrections to $Z^0$\ Pair Production in $e^+ e^-$\ Annihilation -- The Semi-Analytical Approach

Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

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133 pages, 13 figures, full gzipped postscript available from http://www.ifh.de/~lehner/diss.ps.gz

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A total and differential cross-section calculation for the Electroweak Standard Model reaction $e^+ e^- \rightarrow (Z^0 Z^0) \rightarrow f_1\bar{f_1}f_2\bar{f_2}(\gamma)$\ including the effects of the finite $Z^0$\ width and, for the first time, all QED initial state radiative corrections (ISR) is presented. A semi-analytical technique is used: All angular phase space integrations, five for the tree level process, seven if ISR is included, are carried out analytically. The remaining phase space variables are the invariant masses of the two decaying $Z^0$\ bosons for tree level plus the reduced center of mass energy squared in the ISR case. Invariant masses are submitted to high precision numerical integration. Semi-analytical and numerical results for $e^+ e^-$\ center of mass energies between $\sqrt{s}=130$GeV and $1$TeV are reported. It is shown that the radiatively corrected cross-section splits into a universal, leading logarithm part with the tree level cross-section factorizing on one hand and a non-universal contribution on the other hand. A generalization to the case of Standard Model neutral boson pair production, $e^+ e^- \rightarrow (Z^0 Z^0, Z^0 \gamma, \gamma\gamma) \rightarrow f_1\bar{f_1} f_2\bar{f_2}(\gamma)$, is worked out in detail. The relevance of the presented calculation for the phenomenology of $e^+ e^-$\ collider physics is discussed, especially for $W$ and Higgs physics both of which will be important topics in the near future. All significant technical details of the calculation are explained.

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