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Recursive computation of Feynman periods

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-09-01 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Feynman periods are Feynman integrals that do not depend on external kinematics. Their computation, which is necessary for many applications of quantum field theory, is greatly facilitated by graphical functions or the equivalent conformal four-point integrals. We describe a set of transformation rules that act on such functions and allow their recursive computation in arbitrary even dimensions. As a concrete example we compute all subdivergence-free Feynman periods in ϕ3\phi^3 theory up to six loops and 561 of 607 Feynman periods at seven loops. Our results support the conjectured existence of a coaction structure in quantum field theory and suggest that ϕ3\phi^3 and ϕ4\phi^4 theory share the same number content.

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@article{arxiv.2206.10460,
  title  = {Recursive computation of Feynman periods},
  author = {Michael Borinsky and Oliver Schnetz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.10460},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

45 pages + long appendix with 700+ Feynman graphs; a list of phi^3 periods up to 9 loops is attached as ancillary file; v2: historical remarks added, accepted version to appear in JHEP

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