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An Overview of Maximal Unitarity at Two Loops

We discuss the extension of the maximal-unitarity method to two loops, focusing on the example of the planar double box. Maximal cuts are reinterpreted as contour integrals, with the choice of contour fixed by the requirement that integrals of total derivatives vanish on it. The resulting formulae,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Johansson, Henrik, Kosower, David A., Larsen, Kasper J.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.151.0066
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1498993
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Sumario:We discuss the extension of the maximal-unitarity method to two loops, focusing on the example of the planar double box. Maximal cuts are reinterpreted as contour integrals, with the choice of contour fixed by the requirement that integrals of total derivatives vanish on it. The resulting formulae, like their one-loop counterparts, can be applied either analytically or numerically.