Analytic results for the planar double box integral relevant to top-pair production with a closed top loop

Abstract

Abstract In this article we give the details on the analytic calculation of the master integrals for the planar double box integral relevant to top-pair production with a closed top loop. We show that these integrals can be computed systematically to all order in the dimensional regularisation parameter ε. This is done by transforming the system of differential equations into a form linear in ε, where the ε 0-part is a strictly lower triangular matrix. Explicit results in terms of iterated integrals are presented for the terms relevant to NNLO calculations.