CONTRIBUTION OF TERMS CONTAINING Z-BOSON EXCHANGE TO THE LUMINOSITY MEASUREMENTS AT LEP

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BEENAKKER, W [1 ]
PIETRZYK, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND,IN2P3,PHYS CORPUSCULAIRE LAB,CNRS,F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND,FRANCE
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)90835-R
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P1 [天文学];
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We have investigated the contribution of terms containing Z-boson exchange to the luminosity measurements at LEP. Comparing the Monte Carlo program BABAMC and the semi-analytical program ALIBABA, we have determined the technical precision of the corresponding O (alpha) calculation in BABAMC to be 0.03%. Using the ALIBABA program we have assessed the higher-order corrections to these Z-boson exchange contributions to be of the order of 0.1% for the present luminosity measurements. The total theoretical error on the luminosity calculation for LEP experiments is at present not larger than 0.3%.
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