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Lifting Heptagon Symbols to Functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Seven-point amplitudes in planar N=4{\cal N}=4 super-Yang-Mills theory have previously been constructed through four loops using the Steinmann cluster bootstrap, but only at the level of the symbol. We promote these symbols to actual functions, by specifying their first derivatives and boundary conditions on a particular two-dimensional surface. To do this, we impose branch-cut conditions and construct the entire heptagon function space through weight six. We plot the amplitudes on a few lines in the bulk Euclidean region, and explore the properties of the heptagon function space under the coaction associated with multiple polylogarithms.

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@article{arxiv.2007.12966,
  title  = {Lifting Heptagon Symbols to Functions},
  author = {Lance J. Dixon and Yu-Ting Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.12966},
  year   = {2020}
}

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46 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables

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