The $ρ$ parameter at three loops and elliptic integrals

J. Blümlein, A. De Freitas, M. van Hoeij, E. Imamoglu, P. Marquard, C. Schneider

Published 2018-07-13Version 1

We describe the analytic calculation of the master integrals required to compute the two-mass three-loop corrections to the $\rho$ parameter. In particular, we present the calculation of the master integrals for which the corresponding differential equations do not factorize to first order. The homogeneous solutions to these differential equations are obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions at rational argument. These hypergeometric functions can further be mapped to complete elliptic integrals, and the inhomogeneous solutions are expressed in terms of a new class of integrals of combined iterative non-iterative nature.