Radiative Corrections to an Electron-Positron Scattering Experiment

Abstract

We present the radiative corrections for a precision experiment on electron-positron scattering performed by Browman, Grosset\^ete, and Yount. It is necessary to extend the earlier work by Redhead and Polovin by evaluating the unobserved real bremsstrahlung without infrared approximations. To accomplish this efficiently and accurately, the very lengthy algebra is handled by a computer. Higher-order corrections are studied with care, and it is believed that our results are adequate for present and foreseeable experiments of this type.