Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 36, No. 11, November 2005, page 3319


On the Massive Two-Loop Corrections to Bhabha Scattering

M. Czakon, J. Gluza, T. Riemann

We overview the general status of higher order corrections to Bhabha scattering and review recent progress in the determination of the two-loop virtual corrections. Quite recently, they were derived from combining a massless calculation and contributions with electron sub-loops. For a massive calculation, the self-energy and vertex master integrals are known, while most of the two-loop boxes are not. We demonstrate with an example that a study of systems of differential equations, combined with Mellin-Barnes representations for single masters, might open a way for their systematic calculation.

PACS numbers: 13.20.Ds, 13.66.De



 
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