Numerical computation of two-loop box diagrams with masses

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2136-2144

  Yuasa, F ^a   De Doncker, E ^b   Hamaguchi, N ^a   Ishikawa, T ^a   Kato, K ^c   Kurihara, Y ^a   Fujimoto, J ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroweak interaction; Extrapolation method; Multi loop integrals; Numerical integration

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENCY CHECKS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTROWEAK INTERACTIONS; EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; MULTI-LOOP INTEGRALS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; REDUCTION METHOD;

TRANSIENTS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 84863108360     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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