Published June 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Master integrals for the NNLO virtual corrections to qq¯tt¯ scattering in QCD: the non-planar graphs

  • 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 qtt in QCD, as well as to the companion QED scattering processes ee → μμ and eμ → eμ.

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1-27
ISSN
1029-8479

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