Light-by-light scattering: asymptotic expansions, Coulomb resummation and NLO corrections

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Autori principali: H, Ajjath A, Chaubey, Ekta, Shao, Hua-Sheng
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author H, Ajjath A
Chaubey, Ekta
Shao, Hua-Sheng
author_facet H, Ajjath A
Chaubey, Ekta
Shao, Hua-Sheng
contents Light-by-light (LbL) scattering is one of the earliest predictions of quantum electrodynamics (QED). Interest in this process has been renewed following its experimental observation at the LHC and the prospects of future measurements at free-electron laser facilities. In this paper, we refine theoretical predictions for LbL scattering by improving the full fermion-mass-dependent two-loop QCD and QED helicity amplitudes using high- and low-energy asymptotic expansions, and by performing Coulomb resummation in the threshold region. We present state-of-the-art predictions for LbL cross sections in the Standard Model and provide a new event generator, LbLatNLO, for Monte Carlo simulations of LbL scattering.
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spellingShingle Light-by-light scattering: asymptotic expansions, Coulomb resummation and NLO corrections
H, Ajjath A
Chaubey, Ekta
Shao, Hua-Sheng
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
Light-by-light (LbL) scattering is one of the earliest predictions of quantum electrodynamics (QED). Interest in this process has been renewed following its experimental observation at the LHC and the prospects of future measurements at free-electron laser facilities. In this paper, we refine theoretical predictions for LbL scattering by improving the full fermion-mass-dependent two-loop QCD and QED helicity amplitudes using high- and low-energy asymptotic expansions, and by performing Coulomb resummation in the threshold region. We present state-of-the-art predictions for LbL cross sections in the Standard Model and provide a new event generator, LbLatNLO, for Monte Carlo simulations of LbL scattering.
title Light-by-light scattering: asymptotic expansions, Coulomb resummation and NLO corrections
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Experiment
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00099