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We present a new method for numerically computing generic multi-loop Feynman integrals. The method relies on an iterative application of Feynman's trick for combining two propagators. Each application of Feynman's trick introduces a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-30 Martijn Hidding , Johann Usovitsch

A growing body of evidence suggests that the complexity of Feynman integrals is best understood through geometry. Recent mathematical developments [Kontsevich and Soibelman, arXiv:2402.07343] have illuminated the role of exponential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-05 Roberta Angius , Sergio Luigi Cacciatori , Anthony Massidda

We present an algorithm to evaluate multiloop Feynman integrals with an arbitrary number of internal massive lines, with the masses being in general complex-valued, and its implementation in the \textsc{Mathematica} package…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-24 Tommaso Armadillo , Roberto Bonciani , Simone Devoto , Narayan Rana , Alessandro Vicini

We present a proof that all transcendental numbers that are needed for the calculation of the master integrals for three-loop vacuum Feynman diagrams can be obtained by calculating diagrams with an even simpler topology, the topology of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-30 S. Groote , J. G. Körner , A. A. Pivovarov

The system of 4 differential equations in the external invariant satisfied by the 4 master integrals of the general massive 2-loop sunrise self-mass diagram is solved by the Runge-Kutta method in the complex plane. The method offers a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Caffo , H. Czyz , E. Remiddi

The 4-th order Runge-Kutta method in the complex plane is proposed for numerically advancing the solutions of a system of first order differential equations in one external invariant satisfied by the master integrals related to a Feynman…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Caffo , H. Czyz , E. Remiddi

This note will study complex polynomial maps of degree $n\ge 2$ with only one critical point.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-03-27 John Milnor

We discuss a progress in calculations of Feynman integrals based on the Gegenbauer Polynomial Technique and the Differential Equation Method. We demonstrate the results for a class of two-point two-loop diagrams and the evaluation of most…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Kotikov

Intersection numbers are rational scalar products among functions that admit suitable integral representations, such as Feynman integrals. Using these scalar products, the decomposition of Feynman integrals into a basis of linearly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-16 Gaia Fontana , Tiziano Peraro

We consider the case of a two-loop five-point pentagon-box integral configuration with one internal massive propagator that contributes to top-quark pair production in association with a jet at hadron colliders. We construct the system of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-31 Simon Badger , Matteo Becchetti , Ekta Chaubey , Robin Marzucca

In this paper we describe a new method of calculation of master integrals based on the solution of systems of difference equations in one variable. An explicit example is given, and the generalization to arbitrary diagrams is described. As…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Laporta

A survey is given on mathematical structures which emerge in multi-loop Feynman diagrams. These are multiply nested sums, and, associated to them by an inverse Mellin transform, specific iterated integrals. Both classes lead to sets of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 J Ablinger , J Blümlein , C Schneider

We consider the full set of master integrals with internal top-and $W$-propagators contributing to the three-loop Higgs self-energy diagrams of order ${\mathcal O}(\alpha^2 \alpha_s)$. We split the master integrals into a system relevant to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-30 Ekta Chaubey , Ina Hönemann , Stefan Weinzierl

Two-point Feynman parameter integrals, with at most one mass and containing local operator insertions in $4+\ep$-dimensional Minkowski space, can be transformed to multi-integrals or multi-sums over hyperexponential and/or hypergeometric…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2012-10-08 J. Ablinger , S. Blümlein , M. Round , C. Schneider

We present an efficient algorithm for calculating the number of components of an integral lamination on an $n$-punctured disk, given its Dynnikov coordinates. The algorithm requires $O(n^2M)$ arithmetic operations, where $M$ is the sum of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2016-01-08 S. Oyku Yurttas , Toby Hall

A systematic study of the scalar one-loop two-, three-, and four-point Feynman integrals is performed. We consider all cases of mass assignment and external invariants and derive closed expressions in arbitrary space-time dimension in terms…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-04-14 Johannes Bluemlein , Khiem Hong Phan , Tord Riemann

For the calculation of multi-loop Feynman integrals, a novel numerical method, the Direct Computation Method (DCM) is developed. It is a combination of a numerical integration and a series extrapolation. In principle, DCM can handle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-01-31 K. Kato , E. de Doncker , N. Hamaguchi , T. Ishikawa , T. Koike , Y. Kurihara , Y. Shimizu , F. Yuasa

We report on the new functionality of the open-source Mathematica package FeynCalc relevant for multiloop calculations. In particular, we focus on such tasks as topology identification by means of the Pak algorithm, search for equivalent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-30 Vladyslav Shtabovenko

We give numerical integration results for Feynman loop diagrams such as those covered by Laporta [1] and by Baikov and Chetyrkin [2], and which may give rise to loop integrals with UV singularities. We explore automatic adaptive integration…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-05 E. de Doncker , F. Yuasa , K. Kato , T. Ishikawa , J. Kapenga , O. Olagbemi

The calculation of the two-loop corrections to the three jet production rate and to event shapes in electron-positron annihilation requires the computation of a number of up to now unknown two-loop four-point master integrals with one…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Gehrmann , E. Remiddi