| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841444 | Nuclear Physics B | 2010 | 25 Pages |
Abstract
We present the first exact analytic result for all partonic channels contributing to the total cross section for the production of a pair of heavy flavors in hadronic collisions in NLO QCD. Our calculation is a step in the derivation of the top quark pair production cross section at NNLO in QCD, which is a cornerstone of the precision LHC program. Our results uncover the analytical structures behind observables with heavy flavors at higher orders. They also reveal surprising and non-trivial implications for kinematics close to partonic threshold.
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Authors
M. Czakon, A. Mitov,