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Feynman Rules for Scalar Conformal Blocks

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-11-01 v2

Abstract

We complete the proof of "Feynman rules" for constructing MM-point conformal blocks with external and internal scalars in any topology for arbitrary MM in any spacetime dimension by combining the rules for the blocks (based on their Witten diagram interpretation) with the rules for the construction of conformal cross ratios (based on OPE flow diagrams). The full set of Feynman rules leads to blocks as power series of the hypergeometric type in the conformal cross ratios. We then provide a proof by recursion of the Feynman rules which relies heavily on the first Barnes lemma and the decomposition of the topology of interest in comb-like structures. Finally, we provide a nine-point example to illustrate the rules.

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@article{arxiv.2204.08909,
  title  = {Feynman Rules for Scalar Conformal Blocks},
  author = {Jean-François Fortin and Sarah Hoback and Wen-Jie Ma and Sarthak Parikh and Witold Skiba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08909},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

62 pages + an appendix, clarifications added, matches published version

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