A New Method for Calculating Differential Distributions Directly in Mellin Space
arXiv:hep-ph/0511340 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.10.059
Abstract
We present a new method for the calculation of differential distributions directly in Mellin space without recourse to the usual momentum-fraction (or z-) space. The method is completely general and can be applied to any process. It is based on solving the Integration-by-Parts identities when one of the powers of the propagators is an abstract number. The method retains the full dependence on the Mellin variable and can be implemented in any program for solving the IBP identities based on algebraic elimination, like Laporta. General features of the method are: 1) faster reduction, 2) smaller number of master integrals compared to the usual z-space approach and 3) the master integrals satisfy difference instead of differential equations. This approach generalizes previous results related to fully inclusive observables like the recently calculated three-loop space-like anomalous dimensions and coefficient functions in inclusive DIS to more general processes requiring separate treatment of the various physical cuts. Many possible applications of this method exist, the most notable being the direct evaluation of the three-loop time-like splitting functions in QCD.
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