scholarly journals Evaluating four-loop conformal Feynman integrals by D-dimensional differential equations

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Burkhard Eden ◽  
Vladimir A. Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Feynman Integrals

scholarly journals The diagrammatic coaction beyond one loop

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Abreu ◽  
Ruth Britto ◽  
Claude Duhr ◽  
Einan Gardi ◽  
James Matthew
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Hypergeometric Functions ◽  
Differential Forms ◽  
Feynman Graph ◽  
Loop Order ◽  
Feynman Integrals ◽  
Mathematical Properties ◽  
Multiple Polylogarithms ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
General Tool

Abstract The diagrammatic coaction maps any given Feynman graph into pairs of graphs and cut graphs such that, conjecturally, when these graphs are replaced by the corresponding Feynman integrals one obtains a coaction on the respective functions. The coaction on the functions is constructed by pairing a basis of differential forms, corresponding to master integrals, with a basis of integration contours, corresponding to independent cut integrals. At one loop, a general diagrammatic coaction was established using dimensional regularisation, which may be realised in terms of a global coaction on hypergeometric functions, or equivalently, order by order in the ϵ expansion, via a local coaction on multiple polylogarithms. The present paper takes the first steps in generalising the diagrammatic coaction beyond one loop. We first establish general properties that govern the diagrammatic coaction at any loop order. We then focus on examples of two-loop topologies for which all integrals expand into polylogarithms. In each case we determine bases of master integrals and cuts in terms of hypergeometric functions, and then use the global coaction to establish the diagrammatic coaction of all master integrals in the topology. The diagrammatic coaction encodes the complete set of discontinuities of Feynman integrals, as well as the differential equations they satisfy, providing a general tool to understand their physical and mathematical properties.

scholarly journals FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (24) ◽  
pp. 4375-4436 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIO ARGERI ◽  
PIERPAOLO MASTROLIA
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Difference Equations ◽  
Vacuum Polarization ◽  
Feynman Diagrams ◽  
Polarization Tensor ◽  
Photon Propagator ◽  
Feynman Integrals ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Vacuum Polarization Tensor

We review in a pedagogical way the method of differential equations for the evaluation of D-dimensionally regulated Feynman integrals. After dealing with the general features of the technique, we discuss its application in the context of one- and two-loop corrections to the photon propagator in QED, by computing the Vacuum Polarization tensor exactly in D. Finally, we treat two cases of less trivial differential equations, respectively associated to a two-loop three-point, and a four-loop two-point integral. These two examples are the playgrounds for showing more technical aspects about: Laurent expansion of the differential equations in D (around D = 4); the choice of the boundary conditions; and the link among differential and difference equations for Feynman integrals.

scholarly journals Reduction of Feynman integrals in the parametric representation III: integrals with cuts

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Phase Space ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Momentum Space ◽  
Theta Functions ◽  
Parametric Representation ◽  
Systematic Method ◽  
Integration By Parts ◽  
Feynman Integrals

AbstractPhase space cuts are implemented by inserting Heaviside theta functions in the integrands of momentum-space Feynman integrals. By directly parametrizing theta functions and constructing integration-by-parts (IBP) identities in the parametric representation, we provide a systematic method to reduce integrals with cuts. Since the IBP method is available, it becomes possible to evaluate integrals with cuts by constructing and solving differential equations.

scholarly journals Truncated cluster algebras and Feynman integrals with algebraic letters

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Song He ◽  
Zhenjie Li ◽  
Qinglin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Wilson Loop ◽  
Cluster Algebra ◽  
Cluster Algebras ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Conformal Invariant ◽  
Feynman Integrals ◽  
Normal Vectors

Abstract We propose that the symbol alphabet for classes of planar, dual-conformal-invariant Feynman integrals can be obtained as truncated cluster algebras purely from their kinematics, which correspond to boundaries of (compactifications of) G+(4, n)/T for the n-particle massless kinematics. For one-, two-, three-mass-easy hexagon kinematics with n = 7, 8, 9, we find finite cluster algebras D4, D5 and D6 respectively, in accordance with previous result on alphabets of these integrals. As the main example, we consider hexagon kinematics with two massive corners on opposite sides and find a truncated affine D4 cluster algebra whose polytopal realization is a co-dimension 4 boundary of that of G+(4, 8)/T with 39 facets; the normal vectors for 38 of them correspond to g-vectors and the remaining one gives a limit ray, which yields an alphabet of 38 rational letters and 5 algebraic ones with the unique four-mass-box square root. We construct the space of integrable symbols with this alphabet and physical first-entry conditions, whose dimension can be reduced using conditions from a truncated version of cluster adjacency. Already at weight 4, by imposing last-entry conditions inspired by the n = 8 double-pentagon integral, we are able to uniquely determine an integrable symbol that gives the algebraic part of the most generic double-pentagon integral. Finally, we locate in the space the n = 8 double-pentagon ladder integrals up to four loops using differential equations derived from Wilson-loop d log forms, and we find a remarkable pattern about the appearance of algebraic letters.

scholarly journals Decomposition of Feynman integrals by multivariate intersection numbers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hjalte Frellesvig ◽  
Federico Gasparotto ◽  
Stefano Laporta ◽  
Manoj K. Mandal ◽  
Pierpaolo Mastrolia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Recursive Algorithm ◽  
Intersection Theory ◽  
Direct Decomposition ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Feynman Integrals ◽  
Direct Derivation ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Recent Idea

AbstractWe present a detailed description of the recent idea for a direct decomposition of Feynman integrals onto a basis of master integrals by projections, as well as a direct derivation of the differential equations satisfied by the master integrals, employing multivariate intersection numbers. We discuss a recursive algorithm for the computation of multivariate intersection numbers, and provide three different approaches for a direct decomposition of Feynman integrals, which we dub thestraight decomposition, thebottom-up decomposition, and thetop-down decomposition. These algorithms exploit the unitarity structure of Feynman integrals by computing intersection numbers supported on cuts, in various orders, thus showing the synthesis of the intersection-theory concepts with unitarity-based methods and integrand decomposition. We perform explicit computations to exemplify all of these approaches applied to Feynman integrals, paving a way towards potential applications to generic multi-loop integrals.

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