Master integrals for the NNLO virtual corrections to $q \bar{q} \rightarrow t \bar{t}$ scattering in QCD: the non-planar graphs
2019
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 light-quark initiated channel, at next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD. We adopt the method of differential equations and the Magnus exponential to determine a canonical set of integrals, finally expressed as a Taylor series around four space-time dimensions, with coefficients written as a combination of generalised polylogarithms. Initial-state quarks are treated as massless, while we retain full dependence on the mass of the top quark. We discuss the analytic continuation of the planar and the non-planar master integrals, which contribute to $q {\bar q} \to t {\bar t}$ in QCD, as well as to the companion QED scattering processes $ e e \to \mu \mu$ and $e \mu \to e \mu$.
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