Direct numerical evaluation of multi-loop integrals without contour deformation
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2022-01-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We propose a method for computing numerically integrals defined via deformations acting on single-pole singularities. We achieve this without an explicit analytic contour deformation. Our solution is then used to produce precise Monte Carlo estimates of multi-scale multi-loop integrals directly in Minkowski space. We corroborate the validity of our strategy by presenting several examples ranging from one to three loops. When used in connection with four-dimensional regularization techniques, our treatment can be extended to ultraviolet and infrared divergent integrals.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.12885,
title = {Direct numerical evaluation of multi-loop integrals without contour deformation},
author = {Roberto Pittau and Bryan Webber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.12885},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
22 pages, 18 figures, final version to appear in EPJC