Direct numerical integration for multi-loop integrals
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2015-06-12 v3
Abstract
We present a method to construct a suitable contour deformation in loop momentum space for multi-loop integrals. This contour deformation can be used to perform the integration for multi-loop integrals numerically. The integration can be performed directly in loop momentum space without the introduction of Feynman or Schwinger parameters. The method can be applied to finite multi-loop integrals and to divergent multi-loop integrals with suitable subtraction terms. The algorithm extends techniques from the one-loop case to the multi-loop case. Examples at two and three loops are discussed explicitly.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.0509,
title = {Direct numerical integration for multi-loop integrals},
author = {Sebastian Becker and Stefan Weinzierl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0509},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
20 pages, v2: version to be published, v3: acknowledgement added