TTP03-28 Planar box diagram for the ($N_{F}=1$) 2-loop QED virtual corrections to Bhabha scattering

TTP03-28 Planar box diagram for the ($N_{F}=1$) 2-loop QED virtual corrections to Bhabha scattering

TTP03-28 Planar box diagram for the ($N_{F}=1$) 2-loop QED virtual corrections to Bhabha scattering

In this paper we present the master integrals necessary for the analytic calculation of the box diagrams with one electron loop ($N_{F}=1$) entering in the 2-loop ($\alpha^3$) QED virtual corrections to the Bhabha scattering amplitude of the electron. We consider on-shell electrons and positrons of finite mass $m$, arbitrary squared c.m. energy $s$, and momentum transfer $t$; both UV and soft IR divergences are regulated within the continuous $D$-dimensional regularization scheme. After a brief overview of the method employed in the calculation, we give the results, for $s$ and $t$ in the Euclidean region, in terms of 1- and 2-dimensional harmonic polylogarithms, of maximum weight 3. The corresponding results in the physical region can be recovered by analytical continuation. For completeness, we also provide the analytic expression of the 1-loop scalar box diagram including the first order in $(D-4)$.

R. Bonciani, A. Ferroglia, P. Mastrolia, E. Remiddi, and J. J. van der Bij
Nucl.Phys.B 681 (2004) (261-291)
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