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    Higher-order hadronic and heavy-lepton contributions to the anomalous magnetic moment

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    We report about recent results obtained for the muon anomalous magnetic moment. Three-loop kernel functions have been computed to obtain the next-to-next-to-leading-order hadronic vacuum polarization contributions. The numerical result, aμhad,NNLO=1.24±0.01×10−10a_\mu^{\rm{had,NNLO}}=1.24\pm 0.01 \times 10^{-10}, is of the same order of magnitude as the current uncertainty from the hadronic contributions. For heavy-lepton corrections, analytical results are obtained at four-loop order and compared with the known results.Comment: Contribution to the proceedings of Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory, 27 April - 2 May 2014, Weimar, German

    Hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment to next-to-next-to-leading order

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    We compute the next-to-next-to-leading order hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment originating from the photon vacuum polarization. The corresponding three-loop kernel functions are calculated using asymptotic expansion techniques which lead to analytic expressions. Our final result, aμhad,NNLO=1.24±0.01×10−10a_\mu^{\rm had,NNLO} = 1.24 \pm 0.01 \times 10^{-10}, has the same order of magnitude as the current uncertainty of the leading order hadronic contribution and should thus be included in future analyses.Comment: 9 pages,v2: note on NLO hadronic light-by-light contribution added, matches published version, Physics Letters B 734 (2014) 144-14

    Massive three loop form factors in the planar limit

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    We present the color planar and complete light quark QCD contributions to the three loop heavy quark form factors in the case of vector, axial-vector, scalar and pseudo-scalar currents. We evaluate the master integrals applying a new method based on differential equations for general bases, which is applicable for any first order factorizing systems. The analytic results are expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms and real-valued cyclotomic harmonic polylogarithms.Comment: 10 pages; Proceedings of the Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory, 29th April 2018 - 4th May 2018, St. Goar, Germany; Report number modifie

    The three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD

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    We present the full analytic result for the three-loop angle-dependent cusp anomalous dimension in QCD. With this result, infrared divergences of planar scattering processes with massive particles can be predicted to that order. Moreover, we define a closely related quantity in terms of an effective coupling defined by the light-like cusp anomalous dimension. We find evidence that this quantity is universal for any gauge theory, and use this observation to predict the non-planar nfn_{f}-dependent terms of the four-loop cusp anomalous dimension.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

    Hyperfine splitting in positronium to O(α7me){\cal O}(\alpha^7m_e): one-photon annihilation contribution

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    We present the complete result for the O(α7me){\cal O}(\alpha^7m_e) one-photon annihilation contribution to the hyperfine splitting of the ground state energy levels in positronium. Numerically it increases the prediction of quantum electrodynamics by 217±1217\pm 1 kHz.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure

    Four-loop relation between the MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} and on-shell quark mass

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    In this contribution we discuss the four-loop relation between the on-shell and MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} definition of heavy quark masses which is applied to the top, bottom and charm case. We also present relations between the MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} quark mass and various threshold mass definitions and discuss the uncertainty at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Radiative Corrections (Radcor 2015) and LoopFest XIV (Radiative Corrections for the LHC and Future Colliders

    Quark mass relations to four-loop order

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    We present results for the relation between a heavy quark mass defined in the on-shell and MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} scheme to four-loop order. The method to compute the four-loop on-shell integral is briefly described and the new results are used to establish relations between various short-distance masses and the MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} quark mass to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order accuracy. These relations play an important role in the accurate determination of the MSˉ\bar{\rm MS} heavy quark masses.Comment: 6 pages, v2: references added, typos in eq.(16) fixed, matches published versio

    The nfn_{f} terms of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD

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    In this talk we present the result for the nfn_f dependent piece of the three-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QCD. Remarkably, it is parametrized by the same simple functions appearing in analogous anomalous dimensions in N=4{\mathcal N}=4 SYM at one and two loops. We also compute all required master integrals using a recently proposed refinement of the differential equation method. The analytic results are expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms of uniform weight.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures; v2: typo in eq. (4.4) fixed, 'three-loop' added to titl

    (g−2)μ(g-2)_\mu at four loops in QED

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    We review the four-loop QED corrections to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. The fermionic contributions with closed electron and tau contributions are discussed. Furthermore, we report on a new independent calculation of the universal four-loop contribution and compare with existing results.Comment: 6 pages, Contribution to the proceedings of the International workshop on e+e- collisions from Phi to Psi 2017, v2: references adde
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