Investigation of vacuum polarization in t-channel radiative Bhabha scattering
D. Karlen, H. Burkhardt
TL;DR
This paper explores the potential for high-precision measurement of vacuum polarization effects through t-channel radiative Bhabha scattering at high-luminosity colliders, with estimates for BaBar and OPAL experiments.
Contribution
It presents a novel approach to measure vacuum polarization with high precision using t-channel radiative Bhabha scattering at existing colliders.
Findings
Estimated achievable precision for BaBar at PEP-II.
Estimated achievable precision for OPAL at LEP.
Demonstrated feasibility of precision vacuum polarization measurement.
Abstract
We discuss the possibility of a precision measurement of vacuum polarization in t-channel radiative Bhabha scattering at a high luminosity collider. For illustration, the achievable precision is estimated for the BaBar experiment at PEP-II and for the OPAL experiment at LEP.
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