NLO and NNLO EWC for PV Moller Scattering (1301.1384v1)

Abstract: High-precision electroweak experiments such as parity-violating Moller scattering can provide indirect access to physics at multi-TeV scales and play an important complementary role to the LHC research program. However, before physics of interest can be extracted from experimental data, electroweak radiative corrections, which can significantly reduce the cross-section asymmetry, must be calculated with an unprecedented completeness and accuracy. Although the two-loop corrections are strongly suppressed relative to the one-loop corrections, they can no longer be dismissed for the upcoming precision experiments. We evaluate a full gauge-invariant set of one-loop and several types of two-loop radiative corrections for the parity-violating electron-electron scattering asymmetry by combining two distinct but mutually-reinforcing techniques: semiautomatic, precise, with FeynArts and FormCalc as base languages, and by hand, with some approximations. For 11 GeV relevant for the ultra-precise MOLLER experiment planned at JLab, the results obtained by two approaches are in excellent agreement, which gives us assurance that our calculations are error-free.