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Two-loop D-dimensional unitarity and dual conformal symmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-24 v1

Abstract

In this talk we show that dual conformal symmetry has unexpected applications to Feynman integrals in dimensional regularization. Outside 44 dimensions, the symmetry is anomalous, but still preserves the unitarity cut surfaces. This generally leads to differential equations whose RHS is proportional to (d4)(d-4) and has no doubled propagators. The stabilizer subgroup of the conformal group leads to integration-by-parts (IBP) relations without doubled propagators. The above picture also suggested hints that led us to find a nonplanar analog of dual conformal symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1807.08434,
  title  = {Two-loop D-dimensional unitarity and dual conformal symmetry},
  author = {Zvi Bern and Michael Enciso and Harald Ita and Mao Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.08434},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory, 29 April 2018 - 04 May 2018, St. Goar, Germany

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