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We show that the new relation between master integrals recently obtained in Ref. [1] can be reproduced using the integration-by-parts technique implemented with an effective mass. In fact, this relation is recovered as a special case of a…
We illustrate the usefulness of functional equations in establishing relationships between master integrals under the integration-by-parts reduction procedure by considering a certain two-loop propagator-type diagram as an example.
In this article we present a high-precision evaluation of the expansions in $\e=(4-d)/2$ of (up to) four-loop scalar vacuum master integrals, using the method of difference equations developed by S. Laporta. We cover the complete set of…
Local, manifestly dual-conformally invariant loop integrands are now known for all finite quantities associated with observables in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory through three loops. These representations, however, are…
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We review the Laporta algorithm for the reduction of scalar integrals to the master integrals and the differential equations technique for their evaluation. We discuss the use of the basis of harmonic polylogarithms for the analytical…
In this work, we calculate two-loop six-point planar massless Feynman integrals at higher orders in the dimensional regulator $\epsilon$, corresponding to higher transcendental weights. In previous works, these integrals were calculated up…
We compute the potential-graviton contribution to the scattering amplitude, the radial action, and the scattering angle of two extremal black holes in N = 8 supergravity at the fifth post-Minkowskian order to next-to-leading order in a…
We present TVID 2, a program to numerically evaluate an important class of planar three-loop self-energy master integrals with arbitrary masses. As with the predecessor version (TVID 1) the integrals are separated into a known piece,…
The presence of strong electromagnetic fields adds huge complexity to QED Feynman diagrams, such that new methods are required to calculate higher-loop and higher-multiplicity scattering amplitudes. Here we use the worldline formalism to…
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We present the integrand reduction via multivariate polynomial division as a natural technique to encode the unitarity conditions of Feynman amplitudes. We derive a recursive formula for the integrand reduction, valid for arbitrary…
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We show how a large class of Feynman integrals can be efficiently reduced to master integrals by suitable covariant differentiation on the vector space dual to the one spanned by the master integrals. The connections needed in the covariant…
We give technical details about the computational strategy employed in a recently completed investigation of the four-loop QCD free energy. In particular, the reduction step from generic vacuum bubbles to master integrals is described from…
A comprehensive study is performed of general massive, tensor, two-loop Feynman diagrams with two and three external legs. Reduction to generalized scalar functions is discussed. Integral representations, supporting the same class of…
We compute the two-loop master integrals required for the leading QCD corrections to the interaction vertex of a massive neutral boson $X^0$, e.g. $H,Z$ or $\gamma^{*}$, with a pair of $W$ bosons, mediated by a $SU(2)_L$ quark doublet…
The two-body Coulomb scattering problem is solved using the standard complex scaling method. The explicit enforcement of the scattering boundary condition is avoided. Splitting of the scattering wave function based on the Coulomb modified…
Recently, an explicit, recursive formula for the all-loop integrand of planar scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM has been described, generalizing the BCFW formula for tree amplitudes, and making manifest the Yangian symmetry of the theory.…
I study the Feynman integrals needed to compute two-loop self-energy functions for general masses and external momenta. A convenient basis for these functions consists of the four integrals obtained at the end of Tarasov's recurrence…