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Bhabha to Møller cross section ratios in the energy range 2.15–2.45 MeV

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The cross sections for Bhabha and Møller scattering have been investigated in the energy range 2.1–2.4 MeV using monoenergetic positrons and electrons to search for hypothetical resonances superimposed to the continuum predicted by quantum electro dynamics. Bhabba-to-Mott, Møller-to-Mott and Møller-to-Bhabha cross section ratios were measured. The Bhabha-to-Mott ratios could be determined with statistical errors of typically 1% and remaining systematic errors not exceeding the statistical ones. No resonances in Bhabha scattering were observed. Limits for the intrinsic widths of hypothetical resonances are given. For the first time upper limits are deduced from our data for hypothetical resonances in the Møller scattering cross section in the MeV range. Additionally, Møller-to-Bhabha cross section ratios could be determined with good precision. A good agreement between the experimental and theoretical Møller-to-Bhabha ratios can be stated calling in question the recently predicted existence of series of narrow, unresolvable resonances in the Bhabha scattering cross section.

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  1. Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Giessen, W-6300, Giessen, Germany

    R. Göbel, W. Arnold, Th. Frommhold, R. Stock & Th. Weber

  2. Institut für Strahlenphysik, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, W-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    U. Kneissl & F. Steiper

  3. Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt, Postfach 110552, W-6100, Darmstadt, Germany

    C. Kozhuharov & P. Kienle

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The authors are very grateful to M. Richter and H.G. Essel (GSI Darmstadt) for their kind help and advice concerning the GSI data acquisition and analysis system GOOSY. The financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under contracts Kn 154-19 is gratefully acknowledged.

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Göbel, R., Arnold, W., Frommhold, T. et al. Bhabha to Møller cross section ratios in the energy range 2.15–2.45 MeV. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 345, 79–88 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01290343

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