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We propose a systematic approach to calculating $n$-point one-loop parametric conformal integrals in $D$ dimensions which we call the reconstruction procedure. It relies on decomposing a conformal integral over basis functions which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-12 K. B. Alkalaev , Semyon Mandrygin

We use momentum twistors to evaluate planar loop integrals. Infrared divergences are regulated by the recently proposed AdS-inspired mass regulator. We show that two-loop amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills can be expanded in terms of basis…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-26 J. M. Drummond , J. M. Henn

An efficient method to calculate tadpole diagrams is proposed. Its capability is demonstrated by analytically evaluating two four-loop tadpole diagrams of current interest in the literature, including their $O(\epsilon)$ terms in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Bernd A. Kniehl , Anatoly V. Kotikov

Splitting amplitudes are universal functions governing the collinear behavior of scattering amplitudes for massless particles. We compute the two-loop g -> gg splitting amplitudes in QCD, N=1, and N=4 super-Yang-Mills theories, which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-25 Zvi Bern , Lance J. Dixon , David A. Kosower

We discuss the origin of the Wilson polygon - MHV amplitude duality at the perturbative level. It is shown that the duality for the MHV amplitudes at one-loop level can be proven upon the peculiar change of variables in Feynman…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-17 A. Gorsky , A. Zhiboedov

We extend the hexagon function bootstrap to the next-to-maximally-helicity-violating (NMHV) configuration for six-point scattering in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at three loops. Constraints from the $\bar{Q}$ differential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-13 Lance J. Dixon , Matt von Hippel

We show that one-loop scalar box functions can be interpreted as volumes of geodesic tetrahedra embedded in a copy of AdS_5 that has dual conformal space-time as boundary. When the tetrahedron is space-like, it lies in a totally geodesic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-18 Lionel Mason , David Skinner

A method to separate pentagon contributions from the evaluation of the cut constructible part of primitive amplitudes within the framework of D-dimensional unitarity is proposed. The cut constructible part is thus reconstructed with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-30 Achilleas Lazopoulos

We calculate analytically the two-loop triangle integrals entering the $\mathcal{O}(\alpha\alpha_s)$ corrections to the $HZV$ vertex with $V=Z^*,\gamma^*$ using the method of differential equations. Our result provides a prototype to study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-23 Yuxuan Wang , Xiaofeng Xu , Li Lin Yang

We present a semi-recursive method for calculating the rational parts of one-loop amplitudes when recursion produces double poles. We illustrate this with the graviton scattering amplitude M^{1-loop}(1-, 2+, 3+, 4+, 5+).

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-13 David C. Dunbar , James H. Ettle , Warren B. Perkins

In this paper, we outline a method to compute supersymmetric one-loop integrands in ten-dimensional SYM theory. It relies on the constructive interplay between their cubic-graph organization and BRST invariance of the underlying pure spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Carlos R. Mafra , Oliver Schlotterer

The one-loop self-energy correction to the hyperfine splitting of the 1s and 2s levels in H-like low-Z atoms is evaluated to all orders in Z\alpha. The results are compared to perturbative calculations. The residual higher-order…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 V. A. Yerokhin , V. M. Shabaev

We present analytic results for one-loop Higgs boson + $n$-gluon amplitudes for $n\le 5$ in the full theory including all dependence on the (top) quark mass. In this paper we consider only the case where the gluons all have the same…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-14 R. Keith Ellis , Satyajit Seth

Seven-particle scattering amplitudes in planar super-Yang-Mills theory are believed to belong to a special class of generalised polylogarithm functions called heptagon functions. These are functions with physical branch cuts whose symbols…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-11 James M. Drummond , Georgios Papathanasiou , Marcus Spradlin

We present a method to compute the integrands of one-loop Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes for any number of external gauge and gravity multiplets. Our construction relies on the double-copy structure of Einstein-Yang-Mills as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Franziska Porkert , Oliver Schlotterer

We revisit the symbol bootstrap program for the seven-particle MHV and NMHV amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills (SYM) based on the alphabet associated with the $E_6$ cluster algebra. After imposing integrability, cluster…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-24 Song He , Xuhang Jiang , Xiang Li , Jiahao Liu

We provide high-energy approximations for all one-loop scalar 3- and 4-point functions and the corresponding tensor integrals that appear in scattering processes with four external on-shell particles. Our expressions are valid if all…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Roth , A. Denner

We present recent developments on the topic of the integrand reduction of scattering amplitudes. Integrand-level methods allow to express an amplitude as a linear combination of Master Integrals, by performing operations on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-06 Hans van Deurzen , Gionata Luisoni , Pierpaolo Mastrolia , Edoardo Mirabella , Giovanni Ossola , Tiziano Peraro , Ulrich Schubert

We compute the two-loop result for the null pentagonal Wilson loop with a Lagrangian insertion (normalized by the Wilson loop without insertion) in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This finite observable is closely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-04 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn

We compute the leading-color (planar) three-loop four-point amplitude of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in 4 - 2 epsilon dimensions, as a Laurent expansion about epsilon = 0 including the finite terms. The amplitude was constructed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zvi Bern , Lance J. Dixon , Vladimir A. Smirnov