Logarithmic forms and differential equations for Feynman integrals
Abstract
We describe in detail how a d log representation of Feynman integrals leads to simple differential equations. We derive these differential equations directly in loop momentum or embedding space making use of a localization trick and generalized unitarity. For the examples we study, the alphabet of the differential equation is related to special points in kinematic space, described by certain cut equations which encode the geometry of the Feynman integral. At one loop, we reproduce the motivic formulae described by Goncharov [1] that reappeared in the context of Feynman integrals in [2â4]. The d log representation allows us to generalize the differential equations to higher loops and motivates the study of certain mixed-dimension integrals.
- Authors:
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Mani L. Bhaumik Inst. for Theoretical Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1608837
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; PHY-1607611
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Scattering Amplitudes
Citation Formats
Herrmann, Enrico, and Parra-Martinez, Julio. Logarithmic forms and differential equations for Feynman integrals. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep02(2020)099.
Herrmann, Enrico, & Parra-Martinez, Julio. Logarithmic forms and differential equations for Feynman integrals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2020)099
Herrmann, Enrico, and Parra-Martinez, Julio. Mon .
"Logarithmic forms and differential equations for Feynman integrals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02(2020)099. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1608837.
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abstractNote = {We describe in detail how a d log representation of Feynman integrals leads to simple differential equations. We derive these differential equations directly in loop momentum or embedding space making use of a localization trick and generalized unitarity. For the examples we study, the alphabet of the differential equation is related to special points in kinematic space, described by certain cut equations which encode the geometry of the Feynman integral. At one loop, we reproduce the motivic formulae described by Goncharov [1] that reappeared in the context of Feynman integrals in [2â4]. The d log representation allows us to generalize the differential equations to higher loops and motivates the study of certain mixed-dimension integrals.},
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year = {Mon Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2020},
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