In this thesis we present techniques for the calculation of two-loop integrals contributing to the virtual corrections to physical processes with three on-shell and one-off-shell external particles. First, we describe a set of basic tools that simplifyy the manipulation of complicated two-loop integrals. A technique for deriving helicity amplitudes with use of a set of projectors is demonstrated. Then we present an algorithm, introduced by Laporta, that helps reduce all possible two-loop integrals to a basic set of 'master integrals'. Subsequently, these master integrals are analytically evaluated by deriving and solving differential equations on the external scales of the process. Two-loop matrix elements and helicity amplitudes are calculated for the physical processes γ* → qqg and H → ggg respectively. Conventional Dimensional Regularization is used in the evaluation of Feynman diagrams. For both processes, the infrared singular behaviour is shown to agree with the one predicted by Catani.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:268639 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Koukoutsakis, Athanasios |
| Publisher | Durham University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3652/ |
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