Ward identity preserving local ultraviolet counterterms for photoproduction at two loops in QCD

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Hauptverfasser: Anastasiou, Charalampos, Karlen, Julia, Sahoo, Roshni, Sterman, George, Vicini, Matilde
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author Anastasiou, Charalampos
Karlen, Julia
Sahoo, Roshni
Sterman, George
Vicini, Matilde
author_facet Anastasiou, Charalampos
Karlen, Julia
Sahoo, Roshni
Sterman, George
Vicini, Matilde
contents We review the construction of locally finite two-loop amplitude integrands for photoproduction via quark annihilation, presented in arXiv:2509.07805. Building on established techniques for off-shell colorless production, we extend this local subtraction framework to handle transient singularities arising from real outgoing photons. These singularities manifest only at the integrand level, yielding finite contributions upon integration. In these proceedings, we provide the explicit construction of ultraviolet counterterms that satisfy necessary Ward identity cancellations, ensuring that the integrand is rendered integrable. This work provides a locally finite amplitude integrand that is ready for numerical integration in momentum space. Furthermore, it establishes the foundation for extending local subtraction frameworks to processes involving final-state jets.
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spellingShingle Ward identity preserving local ultraviolet counterterms for photoproduction at two loops in QCD
Anastasiou, Charalampos
Karlen, Julia
Sahoo, Roshni
Sterman, George
Vicini, Matilde
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We review the construction of locally finite two-loop amplitude integrands for photoproduction via quark annihilation, presented in arXiv:2509.07805. Building on established techniques for off-shell colorless production, we extend this local subtraction framework to handle transient singularities arising from real outgoing photons. These singularities manifest only at the integrand level, yielding finite contributions upon integration. In these proceedings, we provide the explicit construction of ultraviolet counterterms that satisfy necessary Ward identity cancellations, ensuring that the integrand is rendered integrable. This work provides a locally finite amplitude integrand that is ready for numerical integration in momentum space. Furthermore, it establishes the foundation for extending local subtraction frameworks to processes involving final-state jets.
title Ward identity preserving local ultraviolet counterterms for photoproduction at two loops in QCD
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12862