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We present an extension of the FKS subtraction scheme beyond next-to-leading order to deal with soft singularities in fully differential calculations within QED with mas- sive fermions. After a detailed discussion of the next-to-next-to-leading order case, we show how to extend the scheme to even higher orders in perturbation theory. As an application we discuss the computation of the next-to-next-to-leading order QED corrections to the muon decay and present differential results with full electron mass dependence.
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Engel, T., Signer, A. & Ulrich, Y. A subtraction scheme for massive QED. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 85 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2020)085
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