Analytic results for two-loop master integrals for Bhabha scattering I

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Henn, Johannes M ^a,b   Smirnov, Vladimir A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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NLO computations

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EID: 84890381026     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2013)041     Document Type: Article

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