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Second Order QCD Corrections to the Top Decay Rate

K. G. Chetyrkin, R. Harlander, T. Seidensticker, M. Steinhauser

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9910339

Abstract

We report on a recent calculation of the top decay rate up to order αs2. It is based on asymptotic expansions of the off-shell top propagator, followed by a Padé approximation in order to reach the physically relevant point q2=Mt2.

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