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We present an extension of the spinor integration formalism of one loop amplitudes from the double-cut to the single-cut case. This technique can be applied for the computation of the tadpole coefficients. Moreover we describe an off-shell…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-02-14 Ruth Britto , Edoardo Mirabella

We show how generalised unitarity cuts in D = 4 - 2 epsilon dimensions can be used to calculate efficiently complete one-loop scattering amplitudes in non-supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This approach naturally generates the rational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Andreas Brandhuber , Simon McNamara , Bill Spence , Gabriele Travaglini

We review techniques for more efficient computation of perturbative scattering amplitudes in gauge theory, in particular tree and one-loop multi-parton amplitudes in QCD. We emphasize the advantages of (1) using color and helicity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 L. Dixon

We describe techniques that simplify the calculation of one-loop QCD amplitudes with many external legs, which are needed for next-to-leading-order (NLO) corrections to multi-jet processes. The constraints imposed by perturbative unitarity,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-15 Z. Bern , L. Dixon , D. C. Dunbar , D. A. Kosower

We study the factorisation properties of one-loop scattering amplitudes in the triple collinear limit and extract the universal splitting amplitudes for processes initiated by a gluon. The splitting amplitudes are derived from the analytic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-07-20 Simon Badger , Francesco Buciuni , Tiziano Peraro

We review different notions of cuts appearing throughout the literature on scattering amplitudes. Despite similar names, such as unitarity cuts or generalized cuts, they often represent distinct computations and distinct physics. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-09 Ruth Britto , Claude Duhr , Holmfridur S. Hannesdottir , Sebastian Mizera

The use of complex analysis for computing one-loop scattering amplitudes is naturally induced by generalised unitarity-cut conditions, fulfilled by complex values of the loop variable. We report on two techniques: the cut-integration with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Pierpaolo Mastrolia

We review techniques simplifying the analytic calculation of one-loop QCD amplitudes with many external legs, for use in next-to-leading-order corrections to multi-jet processes. We explain how a supersymmetry-inspired organization works…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Dixon

It is analysed the triple-cut of one-loop amplitudes in dimensional regularisation within spinor-helicity representation. The triple-cut is defined as a difference of two double-cuts with the same particle content, and a same propagator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Pierpaolo Mastrolia

We develop a unitarity method to compute one-loop amplitudes with massless propagators in d=4-2*epsilon dimensions. We compute double cuts of the loop amplitudes via a decomposition into a four-dimensional and a -2*epsilon-dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Charalampos Anastasiou , Ruth Britto , Bo Feng , Zoltan Kunszt , Pierpaolo Mastrolia

``Three-mass triangles'' are a class of integral functions appearing in one-loop gauge theory amplitudes. We discuss how the complex analytic properties and singularity structures of these amplitudes can be combined with generalised…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , David C. Dunbar , Warren B. Perkins

In this letter, we exploit generalised unitarity in order to calculate the cut-constructible part of one-loop amplitudes in non-supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. In particular, we rederive the n-gluon MHV amplitudes for both the adjacent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-03 Andreas Brandhuber , Massimiliano Vincon

The rational parts of 6-gluon one-loop amplitudes with scalars circulating in the loop are computed by using the newly developed method for computing the rational parts directly from Feynman integrals. We present the analytic results for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhi-Guang Xiao , Gang Yang , Chuan-Jie Zhu

In the first part of this paper, we extend the d-dimensional unitarity cut method of hep-ph/0609191 to cases with massive propagators. We present formulas for integral reduction with which one can obtain coefficients of all pentagon, box,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ruth Britto , Bo Feng

We show, for previously uncalculated examples containing a uniform mass in the loop, that it is possible to obtain complete massive one-loop gauge theory amplitudes solely from unitarity and known ultraviolet or infrared mass singularities.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , A. G. Morgan

We present an algorithm for the numerical calculation of one-loop QCD amplitudes. The algorithm consists of subtraction terms, approximating the soft, collinear and ultraviolet divergences of one-loop amplitudes and a method to deform the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-09 Sebastian Becker , Christian Reuschle , Stefan Weinzierl

We review recent developments in the calculation of QCD loop amplitudes with several external legs, and their application to next-to-leading order jet production cross-sections. When a number of calculational tools are combined together ---…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Bern , L. Dixon , D. A. Kosower , A. Signer

We present recent advancements in the computation of three-loop four-particle helicity amplitudes in full-color massless QCD. In this contribution, we focus on the $gg \to \gamma\gamma$ process. We show how to obtain compact analytic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-04 Piotr Bargiela

Recent Developments in computing very specific helicity amplitudes in two loop QCD are presented. The techniques focus upon the singular structure of the amplitude rather than on a diagramatic and integration approach

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-15 David C. Dunbar , John H Godwin , Guy R. Jehu , Warren B. Perkins

We present a method for the computation of hepta-cuts of two loop scattering amplitudes. Four dimensional unitarity cuts are used to factorise the integrand onto the product of six tree-level amplitudes evaluated at complex momentum values.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-18 Simon Badger , Hjalte Frellesvig , Yang Zhang