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Two-loop -point all-plus helicity amplitude
Phys. Rev. D 93, 125006 – Published 6 June, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.125006
Abstract
We propose a compact analytic expression for the polylogarithmic part of the -point two-loop all-plus helicity amplitude in gauge theory.
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