====== TTP95-41 Heavy Quark Vacuum Polarization to Three Loops ====== The real and imaginary part of the vacuum polarization function $\Pi(q^2)$ induced by a massive quark is calculated in perturbative QCD up to order $\alpha_s^2$. The method is described and the results are presented. This extends the calculation by K\"all\'en and Sabry from two to three loops. |**K.G. Chetyrkin, J.H. Kuehn, M. Steinhauser** | |** Phys. Lett. B371 93-98 1996 ** | | {{preprints:1995:ttp95-41.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:1995:ttp95-41.ps|PostScript}} [[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9511430|arXiv]] | | |