Published May 20, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Massive loop amplitudes from unitarity

  • 1. California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

We show, for previously uncalculated examples containing a uniform mass in the loop, that it is possible to obtain complete massive one-loop gauge theory amplitudes solely from unitarity and known ultraviolet or infrared mass singularities. In particular, we calculate four-gluon scattering via massive quark loops in QCD. The contribution of a heavy quark to five-gluon scattering with identical helicities is also presented. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
467
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 479-509.
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO