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Two-loop n-point all-plus helicity amplitude

David C. Dunbar, Guy R. Jehu, and Warren B. Perkins

  • College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom

Phys. Rev. D 93, 125006 – Published 6 June, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.125006

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We propose a compact analytic expression for the polylogarithmic part of the n-point two-loop all-plus helicity amplitude in gauge theory.

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