Higher order corrections to Z decay

Abstract

Recent developments in the field of automatic computation of Feynman diagrams using asymptotic expansions are reviewed. The hadronic decay rate of the Z-boson is taken as an example for their physical application.

Comments: Latex, 7 pages. 7 figures included as ps-files. Talk presented at the Zeuthen Workshop on Elementary Particle Theory "Loops and Legs in Gauge Theories", Rheinsberg, Germany, April 19-24, 1998. The complete paper, including figures, is also available via anonymous ftp at ftp://ttpux2.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/ttp98/ttp98-25/, or via www at http://www-ttp.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de/cgi-bin/preprints/