Rationalizing loop integration. (English) Zbl 1396.81194
Summary: We show that direct Feynman-parametric loop integration is possible for a large class of planar multi-loop integrals. Much of this follows from the existence of manifestly dual-conformal Feynman-parametric representations of planar loop integrals, and the fact that many of the algebraic roots associated with (e.g. Landau) leading singularities are automatically rationalized in momentum-twistor space – facilitating direct integration via partial fractioning. We describe how momentum twistors may be chosen non-redundantly to parameterize particular integrals, and how strategic choices of coordinates can be used to expose kinematic limits of interest. We illustrate the power of these ideas with many concrete cases studied through four loops and involving as many as eight particles. Detailed examples are included as supplementary material.
MSC:
| 81T60 | Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics |
| 81U05 | \(2\)-body potential quantum scattering theory |
| 81Q30 | Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry |
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