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Cluster algebras for Feynman integrals

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We initiate the study of cluster algebras in Feynman integrals in dimensional regularization. We provide evidence that four-point Feynman integrals with one off-shell leg are described by a C2C_{2} cluster algebra, and we find cluster adjacency relations that restrict the allowed function space. By embedding C2C_{2} inside the A3A_3 cluster algebra, we identify these adjacencies with the extended Steinmann relations for six-particle massless scattering. The cluster algebra connection we find restricts the functions space for vector boson or Higgs plus jet amplitudes, and for form factors recently considered in N=4\mathcal{N}=4 super Yang-Mills. We explain general procedures for studying relationships between alphabets of generalized polylogarithmic functions and cluster algebras, and use them to provide various identifications of one-loop alphabets with cluster algebras. In particular, we show how one can obtain one-loop alphabets for five-particle scattering from a recently discussed dual conformal eight-particle alphabet related to the G(4,8)G(4,8) cluster algebra.

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@article{arxiv.2012.12285,
  title  = {Cluster algebras for Feynman integrals},
  author = {Dmitry Chicherin and Johannes M. Henn and Georgios Papathanasiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.12285},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages, 5 figures

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