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Two-loop QCD amplitudes for $t\bar{t}\gamma$ production at hadron colliders

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-10-03 v1

Abstract

The associated production of a photon and a top-antitop quark pair (ttˉγt\bar{t}\gamma) is important for measuring the top-quark charge and probing the top-photon interaction, and it requires improved theoretical predictions. We focus on the calculation of two-loop amplitudes for ttˉγt\bar{t}\gamma production at hadron colliders. The infrared singularities with full top-quark mass dependence are derived from universal anomalous dimensions combined with one-loop massive amplitudes expanded to higher orders in the dimensional regulator ϵ\epsilon. The finite remainders are approximated in the high-energy boosted limit using the mass-factorization formula. To validate our approach, we compare approximate one-loop amplitudes up to O(ϵ2)\mathcal{O}\left(\epsilon^2\right), as well as the two-loop infrared poles, against our exact results. The results in this paper serve as an important step toward next-to-next-to-leading order predictions for ttˉγt\bar{t}\gamma production.

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@article{arxiv.2510.01774,
  title  = {Two-loop QCD amplitudes for $t\bar{t}\gamma$ production at hadron colliders},
  author = {Guoxing Wang and Li Lin Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.01774},
  year   = {2025}
}

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34 pages, 7 figures and 6 tables

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