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In this thesis, we study the three-loop QCD form factors. After an introduction and a discussion of the physics motivation, we generate the quark form factor using Qgraf. We then show how to bring the Feynman integrals into a unique form by…
We calculate the 3-loop bare $\beta$-function of QCD, formulated on the lattice with the clover fermionic action. The dependence of our result on the number of colors $N$, the number of fermionic flavors $N_f$, and the clover parameter…
We evaluate the three-loop corrections to the matching coefficient of the vector current between Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and non-relativistic QCD. The result is presented in the MSbar scheme where large perturbative corrections are…
We describe the calculation of the three-loop QCD corrections to quark and gluon form factors. The relevant three-loop Feynman diagrams are evaluated and the resulting three-loop Feynman integrals are reduced to a small set of known master…
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Using automated perturbation theory techniques, we have computed the one-loop mass of Fermilab fermions, with an improved gluon action. We will present the results of these calculations, and the resulting predictions for the charm and…
We compute the three-loop QCD corrections to the massive quark-anti-quark-photon form factors $F_1$ and $F_2$ involving a closed loop of massless fermions. This subset is gauge invariant and contains both planar and non-planar…
In this proceeding, we highlight the computation of leading fermionic three-loop corrections to electroweak precision observables (EWPOs) accomplished recently. We summarize the numerical analysis and provide an outlook.
We compute the $\alpha_s^2 n_f$ perturbative QCD contribution to semileptonic B decay, including the finite mass of the charm quark. This result provides an estimate of the size of the two-loop correction, which is found to be about 50\% of…
I present the leading 3-loop contributions to the Fermi decay constant in the Standard Model, using the tadpole-free pure $\overline{\rm{MS}}$ scheme. The calculation is exact in the limit in which the QCD coupling, the top-quark Yukawa…
We consider the three-loop mixed strong-electroweak (${\mathcal{O}}(\alpha \alpha_s^2)$) corrections to the quark form factor. We compute the master integrals which are appearing in the Feynman diagrams containing a single massive boson in…
We perform a perturbative calculation of the influence of dynamical HISQ fermions on the perturbative improvement of the gluonic action in the same way as we have previously done for asqtad fermions. We find the fermionic contributions to…
We present the calculation of the so far missing ${\cal O}(\alpha^2\alpha_\mathrm{s})$ corrections to the quantity $\Delta r$, which relates the Fermi constant to the W-boson mass, and enables precision predictions of the latter. While the…
The static potential constitutes a fundamental quantity of Quantum Chromodynamics. It has recently been evaluated to three-loop accuracy. In this contribution we provide details on the calculation and present results for the 14 master…
We calculate, to 3 loops in perturbation theory, the bare $\beta$-function of QCD, formulated on the lattice with the clover fermionic action. The dependence of our result on the number of colors $N$, the number of fermionic flavors $N_f$,…
We utilize asymptotic Pade-approximant methods to estimate the three-loop order MS bar-scheme coefficients within the inclusive semileptonic b to u decay rate for four and five active quark flavours. The estimates we obtain for the three…
A complete, gauge-invariant computation of two loop virtual corrections involving closed fermion loops to the polarized M{\o}ller scattering asymmetry is presented. The set of contributions involving two closed fermion loops and the set…
We investigate the effects of including the full three-loop QCD correction to the static short distance $1/r$ potential on the spectroscopy and decays in the charmonium and upsilon systems. We use a variational technique with the full…
We present the leading colour and light fermionic planar two-loop corrections for the production of two photons and a jet in the quark-antiquark and quark-gluon channels. In particular, we compute the interference of the two-loop amplitudes…
The role of the charm quark in the dynamics underlying the \Delta I = 1/2 rule for kaon decays can be understood by studying the dependence of kaon decay amplitudes on the charm quark mass using an effective \Delta S = 1 weak Hamiltonian in…