QED Structure Functions of the Photon
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چکیده
In deep inelastic electron-photon scattering in leading order QED, eγ → eγγ → eff̄, there are four non-zero structure functions. We calculate them for real photons retaining the full dependence on the fermion mass, and show numerical results of its effect. RAL-TR-1998-079 December 1998 Leading order QED structure functions have long been calculated and can be found in the literature, see for example Ref. [1]. However, to our knowledge the full set has never been written down in one place retaining full dependence on the mass of the produced fermion. In this paper we do that, and show numerical results.
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