Abstract
We give explicit formulae for the mathcal{O}(ɛ) and mathcal{O}left( {{ɛ^2}} right) contributions to the unrenormalised three loop QCD corrections to quark and gluon form factors. These contributions have at most transcendentality weight eight. The mathcal{O}(ɛ) terms of the three-loop form factors are required for the extraction of the four-loop quark and gluon collinear anomalous dimensions. The mathcal{O}left( {{ɛ^2}} right) terms represent an irreducible contribution to the finite part of the form factors at four-loops. For the sake of completeness, we also give the contributions to the one and two loop form factors to the same transcendentality weight eight.
Gehrmann, T