On the LEP Measurements of the Rising Photon-Photon Total Cross Section

Abstract

Using vector meson dominance we calculate the $γγ$ total cross section from data on $pp$, $p\bar p$ and $γp$ total cross sections. Our result agrees with recent high energy measurements performed by the L3 experiment at the LEP collider, not with the conflicting preliminary data obtained by OPAL.

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