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The first four-fermion operator is the low-energy Fermi interaction obtained by replacing the crossed $W$ propagator in the charged-current diagram by $-g_{\mu \nu }/M_W^2$. The second operator is obtained analogously from the $Z$-exchange weak neutral current; $c_V$ and $c_A$ are its electron vector and axial-vector couplings. Thus the two terms represent respectively the charged-current and neutral-current diagrams in part (v), with their interference retained when the amplitude is squared.

The result grows linearly with the squared centre-of-momentum energy, $\sigma \propto G_F^{2}s$. This growth eventually violates partial-wave unitarity and signals the breakdown of the pointlike Fermi interaction. At energies comparable to $M_W$ or $M_Z$, the full gauge-boson propagators must replace the contact interaction; the renormalizable electroweak theory then softens the high-energy behavior.