Published June 2019
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Journal article
Master integrals for the NNLO virtual corrections to scattering in QCD: the non-planar graphs
Creators
- 1. Sezione di Milano, INFN (Italy)
- 2. University of Zürich, Department of Physics (Switzerland)
- 3. Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica ed Astronomia (Italy)
- 4. The State University of New York, Department of Physics, University at Buffalo (United States)
Description
We complete the analytic evaluation of the master integrals for the two-loop non-planar box diagrams contributing to the top-pair production in the quark-initiated channel, at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD. The integrals are determined from their differential equations, which are cast into a canonical form using the Magnus exponential. The analytic expressions of the Laurent series coefficients of the integrals are expressed as combinations of generalized polylogarithms, which we validate with several numerical checks. We discuss the analytic continuation of the planar and the non-planar master integrals, which contribute to q q → tt in QCD, as well as to the companion QED scattering processes ee → μμ and eμ → eμ.
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2019
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-27
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 54070036
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCULATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GRAPH THEORY; PAIR PRODUCTION; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUARKS; SCATTERING
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s)