Two-Loop Corrections to the Electromagnetic Vertex for Energies close to Threshold

Abstract

Two-loop contributions to the electromagnetic form factors are calculated in the kinematic regime close to the fermion-antifermion threshold. The results are presented in an expansion in the velocity $\beta$ of the fermions in the c.m. frame up to next-to-next-to leading order in $\beta$. The existence of a new Coulomb singularity logarithmic in $\beta$, which is closely related to the $O({\alpha }^2\ln \alpha )$ corrections known from positronium decays, is demonstrated. It is shown that due to this Coulomb singularity $O({\alpha }^2)$ relativistic corrections to the non-relativistic cross section of heavy fermion-antifermion pair production in $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ annihilation cannot be determined by means of conventional multi-loop perturbation theory.

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