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Blade: A package for block-triangular form improved Feynman integrals decomposition

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2025-02-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this article, we present the package {\tt Blade} as the first implementation of the block-triangular form improved Feynman integral reduction method. The block-triangular form has orders of magnitude fewer equations compared to the plain integration-by-parts system, allowing for strictly block-by-block solutions. This results in faster evaluations and reduced resource consumption. We elucidate the algorithms involved in obtaining the block-triangular form along with their implementations. Additionally, we introduce novel algorithms for finding the canonical form and symmetry relations of Feynman integrals, as well as for performing spanning-sector reduction. Our benchmarks for various state-of-the-art problems demonstrate that {\tt Blade} is remarkably competitive among existing reduction tools. Furthermore, the {\tt Blade} package offers several distinctive features, including support for complex kinematic variables or masses, user-defined Feynman prescriptions for each propagator, and general integrands.

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@article{arxiv.2405.14621,
  title  = {Blade: A package for block-triangular form improved Feynman integrals decomposition},
  author = {Xin Guan and Xiao Liu and Yan-Qing Ma and Wen-Hao Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14621},
  year   = {2025}
}

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