학술논문

Test of QED to fourth order by study of four-lepton final states in e+e- interactions at 29 GeV with the Mark II detector.
Document Type
article
Source
Physical review. D, Particles and fields. 42(7)
Subject
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Astronomical and Space Sciences
Atomic
Molecular
Nuclear
Particle and Plasma Physics
Quantum Physics
Language
Abstract
We have tested QED to fourth order in the coupling constant in the large-Q2 region by studying four-lepton final states in e+e- interactions with the Mark II detector at the SLAC storage ring PEP (s=29 GeV). All four final-state particles were detected at large angles with respect to the beam axis. For an integrated luminosity of 205 pb-1, we observed ten e+e-e+e-, ten e+e-+-, and one events with opposite-charge pair masses greater than 1 GeV/c2. These events show good agreement with the complete 4 QED calculation. © 1990 The American Physical Society.