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Landau Singularities of the 7-Point Ziggurat II

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-02 v2

Abstract

We solve the Landau equations to find the singularities of nine three-loop 7-point graphs that arise as relaxations of the graph studied in arXiv:2211.16425. Along the way we establish that YΔY{-}\Delta equivalence fails for certain branches of solutions to the Landau equations. We find two graphs with singularities outside the heptagon symbol alphabet; in particular they are not cluster variables of Gr(4,7){\rm Gr}(4,7). We compare maximal residues of scalar graphs exhibiting these singularities to those in N=4\mathcal{N}=4 super-Yang-Mills theory in order to probe their cancellation from its amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.2305.17069,
  title  = {Landau Singularities of the 7-Point Ziggurat II},
  author = {Luke Lippstreu and Marcus Spradlin and Akshay Yelleshpur Srikant and Anastasia Volovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.17069},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

22 pages, 10 figures; v2: minor changes