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Two-loop integrals for $t \bar{t} +$jet production at hadron colliders in the leading colour approximation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-05-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We compute the differential equations for the two remaining integral topologies contributing to the leading colour two-loop amplitudes for ppttˉjpp \rightarrow t\bar{t}j. We derive differential equations for the master integrals by solving the integration-by-parts identities over finite fields. Of the two systems of differential equations, one is presented in canonical 'dlog{\rm d} \log' form, while the other is found to have an elliptic sector. For the elliptic topology we identify the relevant elliptic curve, and present the differential equations in a more general form which depends quadratically on ϵ\epsilon and contains non-logarithmic one-forms in addition to the canonical dlog{\rm d} \log's. We solve the systems of differential equations numerically using generalised series expansions with the boundary terms obtained using the auxiliary mass flow method. A summary of all one-loop and two-loop planar topologies is presented including the list of alphabet letters for the 'dlog{\rm d} \log' form systems and high-precision boundary values.

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@article{arxiv.2404.12325,
  title  = {Two-loop integrals for $t \bar{t} +$jet production at hadron colliders in the leading colour approximation},
  author = {Simon Badger and Matteo Becchetti and Nicolò Giraudo and Simone Zoia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.12325},
  year   = {2024}
}

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22 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables, 3 appendices