Factor of 1/2 mismatch (moller cross-section) between Griffiths and CalcHEP
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I just started using CalcHEP, and to test it I was evaluating cross-sections (in the relativistic limit m_i --> 0) for standard QED processes. For the Moller process, the CalcHEP answer is half that of Griffiths Elementary particles (Prob. 7.34):
CalcHEP answer: 2 EE^4 (s^2 + st +t^2)^2 /( t^2 (s+t)^2)
Griffiths answer (after substituting in the Mandelstam variables): 4 EE^4 (s^2 + st +t^2)^2 /( t^2 (s+t)^2)
As the CalcHEP code seemed to work fine for a Bhabha scattering, I suspect some issue with spin averaging (over 2 fermions vs. over 4 fermions). What do you recommend?
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