Third-order correction to top-quark pair production near threshold. Part I. Effective theory set-up and matching coefficients

Abstract This is the first in a series of two papers, in which we compute the third-order QCD corrections to top-antitop production near threshold in e + e − collisions. The present paper provides a detailed outline of the strategy of computation in the framework of non-relativistic effective theory...

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Main Authors: M. Beneke, Y. Kiyo, K. Schuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)273
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Summary:Abstract This is the first in a series of two papers, in which we compute the third-order QCD corrections to top-antitop production near threshold in e + e − collisions. The present paper provides a detailed outline of the strategy of computation in the framework of non-relativistic effective theory and the threshold expansion, applicable more generally to heavy-quark pair production near threshold. It summarizes matching coefficients and potentials relevant to the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order and ends with the master formula for the computation of the third-order Green function. The master formula is evaluated in part II of the series.
ISSN:1029-8479