Comparison of Exact Results for the Virtual Corrections to Bremsstrahlung in Electron-Positron Annihilation at High Energies

Abstract

We have compared the virtual corrections to electron-positron annihilation to fermion pairs with single hard bremsstrahlung as calculated by S. Jadach, M. Melles, B.F.L. Ward and S.A. Yost to several other expressions. The most recent of these comparisons is to the leptonic tensor calculated by J.H. Kuhn and G. Rodrigo for radiative return. Agreement is found to within $10^{-5}$ or better, as a fraction of the Born cross section.

5 pages, 2 figures. Presented at LCWS 2004, International Conference on Linear Colliders, Paris, April 19-23, 2004