Schwinger, ltd: Loop-tree duality in the parametric representation
High Energy Physics - Theory
2022-12-05 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We derive a variant of the loop-tree duality for Feynman integrals in the Schwinger parametric representation. This is achieved by decomposing the integration domain into a disjoint union of cells, one for each spanning tree of the graph under consideration. Each of these cells is the total space of a fiber bundle with contractible fibers over a cube. Loop-tree duality emerges then as the result of first decomposing the integration domain, then integrating along the fibers of each fiber bundle. As a byproduct we obtain a new proof that the moduli space of graphs is homotopy equivalent to its spine. In addition, we outline a potential application to Kontsevich's graph (co-)homology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.07636,
title = {Schwinger, ltd: Loop-tree duality in the parametric representation},
author = {Marko Berghoff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.07636},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
25 pages. Final version