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Multivariate Residues and Maximal Unitarity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-06-20 v1

Abstract

We extend the maximal unitarity method to amplitude contributions whose cuts define multidimensional algebraic varieties. The technique is valid to all orders and is explicitly demonstrated at three loops in gauge theories with any number of fermions and scalars in the adjoint representation. Deca-cuts realized by replacement of real slice integration contours by higher-dimensional tori encircling the global poles are used to factorize the planar triple box onto a product of trees. We apply computational algebraic geometry and multivariate complex analysis to derive unique projectors for all master integral coefficients and obtain compact analytic formulae in terms of tree-level data.

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@article{arxiv.1310.6006,
  title  = {Multivariate Residues and Maximal Unitarity},
  author = {Mads Sogaard and Yang Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6006},
  year   = {2014}
}

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34 pages, 3 figures

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