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

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doi:10.1140/epjc/s2004-01990-2

A test of the benchmark QED process e+e- → γγ(γ) 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- → γγ(γ) 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. © Springer-Verlag/ Società Italiana di Fisica 2004.

Abdallah, J., Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., et al. (2004). Determination of the e+e- → γγ (γ) cross-section at LEP 2. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 37(4), 405-419 [10.1140/epjc/s2004-01990-2].