Analytic forms for the $e^+e^-$ annihilation cross sections around a resonance including initial state radiation

Baoxin Liu, Zhenyu Zhang, Xiang Zhou

Published 2024-05-15Version 1

The exact analytic form of cross sections including initial state radiation with Kuraev-Fadin radiative function are obtained for $e^+e^-$ annihilation around a resonance. Despite accounting for vacuum polarization and center-of-mass energy spread effects, the precision remains below 0.1\%, meeting the accuracy requirements of quantum electrodynamics corrections up to $\mathcal{O}(\alpha^2)$. The analytic forms lead to an enhancement in the precision of experimental measurements of physical parameters, such as branching fractions, and demonstrate significantly improved computational efficiency in the regression procedures.