Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2010-03-04
Nucl.Phys.A837:87-109,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, 10 figure, to be published in Nuclear Physics A
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.02.008
We calculate in closed analytical form the one-photon loop radiative corrections to muon Compton scattering $\mu^- \gamma \to \mu^- \gamma $. Ultraviolet and infrared divergencies are both treated in dimensional regularization. Infrared finiteness of the (virtual) radiative corrections is achieved (in the standard way) by including soft photon radiation below an energy cut-off $\lambda$. We find that the anomalous magnetic moment $\alpha/2\pi$ provides only a very small portion of the full radiative corrections. Furthermore, we extend our calculation of radiative corrections to the muon-nucleus bremsstrahlung process (or virtual muon Compton scattering $\mu^-\gamma_0^* \to \mu^- \gamma $). These results are particularly relevant for analyzing the COMPASS experiment at CERN in which muon-nucleus bremsstrahlung serves to calibrate the Primakoff scattering of high-energy pions off a heavy nucleus with the aim of measuring the pion electric and magnetic polarizabilities. We find agreement with an earlier calculation of these radiative corrections based on a different method.
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