Loop integrals in de Sitter spacetime: The parity-split IBP system and $\mathrm{d}\log$-form differential equations
Abstract
We develop integration-by-parts (IBP) reduction and differential equations for massive loop integrals of cosmological correlators in de Sitter (dS) spacetime, demonstrating the feasibility of this approach. We identify a structural property of the dS IBP system: for an -propagator family, it splits into closed subsystems classified by the parity of the propagator indices. We further formulate a Baikov representation for loop integrals in dS space and derive the corresponding dimensional recurrence relations. In flat spacetime, intersection theory shows that -form master integrands lead to -form differential equations. Motivated by fibration intersection theory, we conjecture that this construction extends to dS integrands involving Hankel functions. We verify this conjecture in the one-loop bubble family and determine the associated alphabet.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.14549,
title = {Loop integrals in de Sitter spacetime: The parity-split IBP system and $\mathrm{d}\log$-form differential equations},
author = {Jiaqi Chen and Bo Feng and Zhehan Qin and Yi-Xiao Tao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.14549},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
8+5 pages, 1 attachment; v2: typo fixed, references added