Sensitive search for neutral resonances in Bhabha scattering around 1.8 MeV/c2
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1988Source
Physics Letters BVolume
207Issue
3Pages
273-277Google Scholar check
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The excitation function for Bhabha scattering was measured in the energy range between 760 and 840 keV (CM) in 1.4 keV steps with beams of monochromatic positrons scattered on a Be foil at angles between 79° and 101° (CM). The statistical accuracy was 0.5%. Up to an upper limit of 1.0 b eV/sr (CM) for the energy-integrated differential cross section (97% CL) no resonant scattering was observed. This limit corresponds to a maximal resonance contribution of 0.7% relatively to the Bhabha cross section, consistent with the upper bound, derived from precision measurements of the electron (g-2) factor. © 1988.