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Masses, fermions and generalized D-dimensional unitarity. (English) Zbl 1196.81234

Summary: We extend the generalized \(D\)-dimensional unitarity method for numerical evaluation of one-loop amplitudes by incorporating massive particles. The issues related to extending the spinor algebra to higher dimensions, treatment of external self-energy diagrams and mass renormalization are discussed within the context of the \(D\)-dimensional unitarity method. To validate our approach, we calculate in QCD the one-loop scattering amplitudes of a massive quark pair with up to three additional gluons for arbitrary spin states of the external quarks and gluons.

MSC:

81V05 Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics
81V35 Nuclear physics
81U35 Inelastic and multichannel quantum scattering
81T80 Simulation and numerical modelling (quantum field theory) (MSC2010)
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