Two-loop QCD corrections to the heavy quark form factors: Axial vector contributions

Abstract

We consider the Z∗QQ¯ vertex to order αS2 in the QCD coupling for an on-shell massive quark–antiquark pair and for arbitrary momentum transfer of the Z boson. We present closed analytic expressions for the two parity-violating form factors of that vertex at the two-loop level in QCD, excluding the contributions from triangle diagrams. These form factors are expressed in terms of 1-dimensional harmonic polylogarithms of maximum weight 4.