Master Integrals for the two-loop, non-planar QCD corrections to top-quark pair production in the quark-annihilation channel

Abstract

We present the analytic calculation of the Master Integrals for the two-loop, non-planar topologies that enter the calculation of the amplitude for top-quark pair hadroproduction in the quark-annihilation channel. Using the method of differential equations, we expand the integrals in powers of the dimensional regulator $\epsilon$ and determine the expansion coefficients in terms of generalized harmonic polylogarithms of two dimensionless variables through to weight four.

28 pages, 2 figures, ancillary files included