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Calculating Massive 3-loop Graphs for Operator Matrix Elements by the Method of Hyperlogarithms

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We calculate convergent 3-loop Feynman diagrams containing a single massive loop equipped with twist τ=2\tau =2 local operator insertions corresponding to spin NN. They contribute to the massive operator matrix elements in QCD describing the massive Wilson coefficients for deep-inelastic scattering at large virtualities. Diagrams of this kind can be computed using an extended version to the method of hyperlogarithms, originally being designed for massless Feynman diagrams without operators. The method is applied to Benz- and VV-type graphs, belonging to the genuine 3-loop topologies. In case of the VV-type graphs with five massive propagators new types of nested sums and iterated integrals emerge. The sums are given in terms of finite binomially and inverse binomially weighted generalized cyclotomic sums, while the 1-dimensionally iterated integrals are based on a set of 30\sim 30 square-root valued letters. We also derive the asymptotic representations of the nested sums and present the solution for NCN \in \mathbb{C}. Integrals with a power-like divergence in NN--space aN,aR,a>1,\propto a^N, a \in \mathbb{R}, a > 1, for large values of NN emerge. They still possess a representation in xx--space, which is given in terms of root-valued iterated integrals in the present case. The method of hyperlogarithms is also used to calculate higher moments for crossed box graphs with different operator insertions.

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@article{arxiv.1403.1137,
  title  = {Calculating Massive 3-loop Graphs for Operator Matrix Elements by the Method of Hyperlogarithms},
  author = {Jakob Ablinger and Johannes Blümlein and Clemens Raab and Carsten Schneider and Fabian Wißbrock},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.1137},
  year   = {2015}
}

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39 pages

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