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Moller Differential Cross Section

Using the equation from [1]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ e^4 }{8E^{*2}}\left \{\frac{1+cos^4(\frac{\theta^*}{2})}{sin^4(\frac{\theta^*}{2})}+\frac{1+sin^4(\frac{\theta^*}{2})}{cos^4(\frac{\theta^*}{2})}+\frac{2}{sin^2(\frac{\theta^*}{2})cos^2(\frac{\theta^*}{2})} \right \}[/math]

[math]where\ \alpha=\frac{e^2}{\hbar c}\quad with\quad \hbar = c =1\ and\ \theta^*=\theta^*_1=\theta^*_2[/math]

This can be simplified to the form

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 }{4E^{*2}}\frac{ (3+cos^2\theta^*)^2}{sin^4\theta^*}[/math]

Plugging in the values expected for 2 scattering electrons:

[math]\alpha ^2=5.3279\times 10^{-5}[/math]

[math]E^*\approx 106.031 MeV[/math]

Using unit analysis on the term outside the parantheses, we find that the differential cross section for an electron at this momentum should be around

[math]\frac{5.3279\times 10^{-5}}{4\times 1.124\times 10^{16}eV^2}=1.18\times 10^{-21} eV^{-2}=\frac{1.18\times 10^{-21}}{1eV^2}\times \frac{1\times 10^{18} }{1\times 10^{18}}=\frac{.0012}{GeV^2}[/math]

Using the conversion of

[math]\frac{1}{1GeV^2}=.3894 mb[/math]

[math]\frac{.0012}{1GeV^2}=\frac{.0012}{1}\frac{1}{1GeV^2}=.0012\times .3894 mb=.467\times 10^{-3}mb[/math]

We find that the differential cross section scale is [math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega}\approx .5\times 10^{-3}mb=.5\mu b[/math]

CM to Lab Frame

We can substitute in for [math]\theta[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 }{4E^{*2}}\frac{ (3+cos^2\theta^*)^2}{sin^4\theta^*}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 }{4E^{*2}}\frac{ (3+cos^2\theta^*)^2}{sin(\theta^*)sin(\theta^*)sin(\theta^*)sin(\theta^*)}[/math]

Using,

[math]sin(\theta^*)=sin(\theta_{2}^*)=\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)[/math]

[math]\frac{\partial ^2\sigma(E,\, \theta ,\, \phi)}{\partial E\, \partial \Omega} = \frac{\partial ^2\sigma^*(E^*,\, \theta^* ,\, \phi^*)}{\partial E^*\,\partial \Omega^*}\frac{p}{p^{*}}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 }{4E^{*2}}\frac{ (3+cos^2\theta^*)^2}{\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (3+cos^2\theta^*)^2}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

Now, using the trigometric identity,

[math]sin^2 t+cos^2 t=1\Longrightarrow cos^2(\theta^*)=1-sin^2(\theta^*)[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (3+1-sin^2(\theta^*))^2}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (4-sin(\theta^*)sin(\theta^*))^2}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (4-\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right)\frac{p_{2}'}{p_{2}^*}\ sin \left( \theta_{2}'\right))^2}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (4-\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))^2}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 p_{2}^{*4}}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (16-8\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)+\frac{p_{2}^{'4}}{p_{2}^{*4}}\ sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

Substituting,

[math]p_{2}^*=\sqrt{E_{2}^{*2}-m^2}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 (\sqrt{E_{2}^{*2}-m^2})^4}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (16-8\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)+\frac{p_{2}^{'4}}{p_{2}^{*4}}\ sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{ \alpha^2 (E_{2}^{*2}-m^2)^2}{4E^{*2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (16-8\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)+\frac{p_{2}^{'4}}{p_{2}^{*4}}\ sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

Substituting in for m, E₂^*,and E^* [math]\alpha^2=5.3279\times 10^{-5}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=(\frac{ 5.3279\times 10^{-5}( ((53.015MeV)^{2}-(.511MeV)^2)^2}{4\times (106.031MeV)^{2}p_{2}'^4}\frac{ (16-8\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)+\frac{p_{2}^{'4}}{p_{2}^{*4}}\ sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]

[math]\frac{d\sigma}{d\Omega '_1}=\frac{9.357\times 10^9eV^2}{p_{2}^{'4}}\frac{ (16-8\frac{p_{2}^{'2}}{p_{2}^{*2}}\ sin^2 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)+\frac{p_{2}^{'4}}{p_{2}^{*4}}\ sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right))}{sin^4 \left( \theta_{2}'\right)}[/math]