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Calabi-Yau Feynman integrals in gravity: $\varepsilon$-factorized form for apparent singularities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-04-08 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study a recently identified four-loop Feynman integral that contains a three-dimensional Calabi-Yau geometry and contributes to the scattering of black holes in classical gravity at fifth post-Minkowskian and second self-force order (5PM 2SF) in the conservative sector. In contrast to previously studied Calabi-Yau Feynman integrals, the higher-order differential equation that this integral satisfies in dimensional regularization exhibits ε\varepsilon-dependent apparent singularities. We introduce an appropriate ansatz which allows us to bring such cases into an ε\varepsilon-factorized form. As a proof of principle, we apply it to the integral at hand.

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@article{arxiv.2412.12057,
  title  = {Calabi-Yau Feynman integrals in gravity: $\varepsilon$-factorized form for apparent singularities},
  author = {Hjalte Frellesvig and Roger Morales and Sebastian Pögel and Stefan Weinzierl and Matthias Wilhelm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12057},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

45 pages, 3 Figures, one ancillary file in Mathematica format; v2: corresponds to published version

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