Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion

Abstract The computation of two-loop amplitudes for the production of multiple Higgs and electroweak gauge bosons via gluon fusion with exact dependence on quark masses relies primarily on numerical methods. We propose a framework that enables their numerical evaluation in momentum space. The method...

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Main Authors: Charalampos Anastasiou, Julia Karlen, George Sterman, Aniruddha Venkata
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Published: SpringerOpen 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2024)043
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Julia Karlen
George Sterman
Aniruddha Venkata
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description Abstract The computation of two-loop amplitudes for the production of multiple Higgs and electroweak gauge bosons via gluon fusion with exact dependence on quark masses relies primarily on numerical methods. We propose a framework that enables their numerical evaluation in momentum space. The method is inspired by the factorization of infrared divergences in QCD scattering amplitudes. It extends techniques introduced for electroweak gauge boson production from quark-antiquark annihilation to processes with external gluons. By combining diagrammatic integrands, we make use of local cancellations between diagrams that automatically eliminate most non-factoring infrared singularities. With a limited number of counterterms, we then derive two-loop integrands for which all soft and collinear singularities factorize locally. We hope that the local subtraction techniques presented in this article will play a useful role in extending the local factorization formalism to two-loop amplitudes for arbitrary processes.
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spelling doaj-art-4180082b70c642df9aec00cebdb173dc2024-12-08T12:08:01ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-11-0120241114810.1007/JHEP11(2024)043Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusionCharalampos Anastasiou0Julia Karlen1George Sterman2Aniruddha Venkata3Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH ZurichInstitute for Theoretical Physics, ETH ZurichC.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook UniversityC.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook UniversityAbstract The computation of two-loop amplitudes for the production of multiple Higgs and electroweak gauge bosons via gluon fusion with exact dependence on quark masses relies primarily on numerical methods. We propose a framework that enables their numerical evaluation in momentum space. The method is inspired by the factorization of infrared divergences in QCD scattering amplitudes. It extends techniques introduced for electroweak gauge boson production from quark-antiquark annihilation to processes with external gluons. By combining diagrammatic integrands, we make use of local cancellations between diagrams that automatically eliminate most non-factoring infrared singularities. With a limited number of counterterms, we then derive two-loop integrands for which all soft and collinear singularities factorize locally. We hope that the local subtraction techniques presented in this article will play a useful role in extending the local factorization formalism to two-loop amplitudes for arbitrary processes.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2024)043FactorizationRenormalization GroupHigher-Order Perturbative Calculations
spellingShingle Charalampos Anastasiou
Julia Karlen
George Sterman
Aniruddha Venkata
Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
Journal of High Energy Physics
Factorization
Renormalization Group
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
title Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
title_full Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
title_fullStr Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
title_full_unstemmed Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
title_short Locally finite two-loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
title_sort locally finite two loop amplitudes for electroweak production through gluon fusion
topic Factorization
Renormalization Group
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2024)043
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