\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amscd,concmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{equation*} \langle O \rangle_\text{thermal} = \int d\mathbf{R}_0\dots d\mathbf{R}_{M-1} \ \underbrace{\frac{1}{Z}\rho(\mathbf{R}_0,\mathbf{R}_1;\tau) \rho(\mathbf{R}_1,\mathbf{R}_2;\tau) \dots \rho(\mathbf{R}_{M-1},\mathbf{R}_0;\tau)}_\text{sampling probability} \ \underbrace{\frac{(\hat{\mathcal{O}} \rho)(\mathbf{R}_0,\mathbf{R}_1;\tau)}{\rho(\mathbf{R}_0,\mathbf{R}_1;\tau)}}_\text{value to average} \end{equation*} \end{document}