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The setting sun diagram with complex external momenta

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-07-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We revisit the issue of analytically continuing Feynman integrals from Euclidean to Minkowski signature, allowing for generic complex momenta. Although this is well-known in terms of the K\"all\'{e}n-Lehmann representation, we consider potential alternative takes on the same problem and discuss how these are not necessarily equivalent to the K\"all\'en-Lehmann integral outcome. We present our analysis for a simple enough case -- the setting sun diagram in d=2d=2 with a real mass -- but already with an eye out to the more general case with complex masses which will further complicate matters.

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@article{arxiv.2507.05921,
  title  = {The setting sun diagram with complex external momenta},
  author = {David Dudal and Duifje Maria van Egmond and Gastao Krein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.05921},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures

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