Massive loop amplitudes from unitarity

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Bern, Z
Morgan, AG
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[1] Department of Physics, Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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10.1016/0550-3213(96)00078-8
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We show, for previously uncalculated examples containing a uniform mass in the loop, that it is possible to obtain complete massive one-loop gauge theory amplitudes solely from unitarity and known ultraviolet or infrared mass singularities. In particular, we calculate four-gluon scattering via massive quark loops in QCD. The contribution of a heavy quark to five-gluon scattering with identical helicities is also presented.
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页码:479 / 509
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