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The Asymptotic Expansion of Lattice Loop Integrals Around the Continuum Limit

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

We present a method of computing any one-loop integral in lattice perturbation theory by systematically expanding around its continuum limit. At any order in the expansion in the lattice spacing, the result can be written as a sum of continuum loop integrals in analytic regularization and a few genuine lattice integrals (``master integrals''). These lattice master integrals are independent of external momenta and masses and can be computed numerically. At the one-loop level, there are four master integrals in a theory with only bosonic fields, seven in HQET and sixteen in QED or QCD with Wilson fermions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0207201,
  title  = {The Asymptotic Expansion of Lattice Loop Integrals Around the Continuum Limit},
  author = {Thomas Becher and Kirill Melnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0207201},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures