Radiative Correction to the Transferred Polarization in Elastic Electron-Proton Scattering

Model independent radiative correction to the recoil proton polarization for the elastic electron–proton scattering is calculated within method of electron structure functions. The explicit expressions for the recoil proton polarization are represented as a contraction of the electron structure and the hard part of the polarization dependent contribution into cross–section. The calculation of the hard part with first order radiative correction is performed. The obtained representation includes the leading radiative corrections in all orders of perturbation theory and the main part of the second order next–to–leading ones. Numerical calculations illustrate our analytical results.