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Three-loop banana integrals with three equal masses

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We obtain and solve the canonical differential equations for the three-loop banana integrals in dimensional regularisation when three of the four masses are equal. The K3 surface associated with the maximal cuts factorises into a product of two elliptic curves. This allows us to express the differential forms in the canonical differential equations in terms of meromorphic modular forms. We present a rigorous proof that these differential forms only have simple poles and that they define independent cohomology classes. We also present explicit results for all master integrals in terms of iterated integrals of meromorphic modular forms (and integrals thereof). This is the first time that it was possible to express the results of a Feynman integral associated with a K3 geometry and depending on two dimensionless ratios in terms of functions that have previously been studied in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.2511.19245,
  title  = {Three-loop banana integrals with three equal masses},
  author = {Claude Duhr and Sara Maggio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.19245},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages plus appendices and ancillary files

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