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We present the analytic calculation of the Master Integrals necessary to compute the planar massive QCD corrections to Di-photon (and Di-jet) production at hadron colliders. The master integrals are evaluated by means of the differential equations method and expressed in terms of multiple polylogarithms and one- or two-fold integrals of polylogarithms and irrational functions, up to transcendentality four.
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Becchetti, M., Bonciani, R. Two-loop master integrals for the planar QCD massive corrections to di-photon and di-jet hadro-production. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 48 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2018)048
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