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One-Loop Amplitudes for e^+ e^- to q-bar q Q-bar Q

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

We present the one-loop helicity amplitudes for processes involving a vector boson V (V=W,Z, or gamma^*) and four massless quarks, 0 to V q-bar q Q-bar Q, where V couples to a massless lepton pair. These amplitudes are required for next-to-leading order O(alpha_s^3) numerical programs for four-jet production at e^+ e^- colliders, for W, Z or Drell-Yan production in association with two jets at hadron colliders, and for three-jet production in deeply inelastic scattering experiments. We obtained the amplitudes presented here by using their analytic properties to constrain their form.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9610370,
  title  = {One-Loop Amplitudes for e^+ e^- to q-bar q Q-bar Q},
  author = {Z. Bern and L. Dixon and D. A. Kosower and S. Weinzierl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9610370},
  year   = {2014}
}

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22 pages, TeX, four figures

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