A Calculational Formalism for One-Loop Integrals

Abstract

We construct a specific formalism for calculating the one-loop virtual corrections for standard model processes with an arbitrary number of external legs. The procedure explicitly separates the infrared and ultraviolet divergences analytically from the finite one-loop contributions, which can then be evaluated numerically using recursion relations. Using the formalism outlined in this paper, we are in position to construct the next-to-leading order corrections to a variety of multi-leg QCD processes such as multi-jet production and vector-boson(s) plus multi-jet production at hadron colliders. The final limiting factor on the number of particles will be the available computer power.

30 pages, 16 embedded postscript figures, LaTeX, JHEP class, references added, typo in eq 2.27 fixed

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