Numerical evaluation of phase space integrals by sector decomposition

Abstract

In a series of papers we have developed the method of iterated sector decomposition for the calculation of infrared divergent multi-loop integrals. Here we apply it to phase space integrals to calculate a contribution to the double real emission part of the e"+e"- #-># 2 jets cross section at NNLO. The explicit cancellation of infrared poles upon summation over all possible cuts of a given topology is worked out in detail for a specific example. (orig.)Available from TIB Hannover: RA 2999(04-030) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman