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The $n_{f}$ terms of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-08-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this talk we present the result for the nfn_f dependent piece of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD. Remarkably, it is parametrized by the same simple functions appearing in analogous anomalous dimensions in N=4{\mathcal N}=4 SYM at one and two loops. We also compute all required master integrals using a recently proposed refinement of the differential equation method. The analytic results are expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms of uniform weight.

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@article{arxiv.1406.7828,
  title  = {The $n_{f}$ terms of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD},
  author = {Andrey Grozin and Johannes M. Henn and Gregory P. Korchemsky and Peter Marquard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.7828},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures; v2: typo in eq. (4.4) fixed, 'three-loop' added to title