Bhabha scattering

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Bhabha scattering is the quantum electrodynamics process describing electron–positron scattering, fundamental for testing QED and measuring collider luminosities.

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Bhabha scattering canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lepton–lepton scattering
quantum electrodynamics process
scattering process
applicableEnergyRange from low-energy colliders to high-energy colliders
calculatedUsing Feynman diagrams
conserves angular momentum
electric charge
energy
momentum
dependsOn center-of-mass energy
scattering angle
describes electron–positron scattering
hasAngularDependence forward-peaked at high energies
hasChannel s-channel annihilation
t-channel scattering
hasCrossSection QED-predicted differential cross section
hasHigherOrderContributions hard photon emission
loop corrections
soft photon emission
hasSignature two oppositely charged leptons in the final state
hasVariant large-angle Bhabha scattering
small-angle Bhabha scattering
involvesFinalState electron
positron
involvesInitialState electron
positron
mediatedBy photon
namedAfter Homi J. Bhabha
occursIn electron–positron colliders
orderOfInteraction electromagnetic coupling squared
relatedProcess Møller scattering
relatedTo electron–positron annihilation into muon pairs
relevantFor luminosity monitoring
precision electroweak measurements
requires renormalization in QED calculations
sensitiveTo radiative corrections
vacuum polarization effects
testedAt CERN
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
surface form: KEK

LEP
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
surface form: SLAC
theoryFramework quantum electrodynamics
usedBy luminosity monitors at e+e− colliders
usedFor detector calibration
measuring collider luminosity
testing quantum electrodynamics

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quantum electrodynamics predicts Bhabha scattering
Homi J. Bhabha notableWork Bhabha scattering
Møller scattering isRelatedTo Bhabha scattering
Homi hasPartNamedAfter Bhabha scattering
subject surface form: Homi J. Bhabha
Homi knownFor Bhabha scattering
subject surface form: Homi J. Bhabha
Bhabha knownFor Bhabha scattering
subject surface form: Homi J. Bhabha
Homi Jehangir Bhabha knownFor Bhabha scattering