Master integrals for massless two-loop vertex diagrams with three offshell legs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 983-1028

  Birthwright, Thomas G ^a   Glover, E W Nigel ^a   Marquard, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jets; NLO Computations; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044431611     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/09/042     Document Type: Article

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