117 research outputs found
QCD Amplitudes: new perspectives on Feynman integral calculus
I analyze the algebraic patterns underlying the structure of scattering
amplitudes in quantum field theory. I focus on the decomposition of amplitudes
in terms of independent functions and the systems of differential equations the
latter obey. In particular, I discuss the key role played by unitarity for the
decomposition in terms of master integrals, by means of generalized cuts and
integrand reduction, as well as for solving the corresponding differential
equations, by means of Magnus exponential series.Comment: Presented at Rencontres de Moriond 201
CSW Diagrams and Electroweak Vector Bosons
Based on the joined work performed together with Z. Bern, D. Forde, and D.
Kosower [1], in this talk it is recalled the (twistor-motivated) diagrammatic
formalism describing tree-level scattering amplitudes presented by Cachazo,
Svr\v{c}ek and Witten, and it is discussed an extension of the vertices and
accompaining rules to the construction of vector-boson currents coupling to an
arbitrary source.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, Talk given at the workshop QCD at Work 2005,
Conversano (BA), Italy, June 16-20, 200
Unitarity-Cuts, Stokes' Theorem and Berry's Phase
Two-particle unitarity-cuts of scattering amplitudes can be efficiently
computed by applying Stokes' Theorem, in the fashion of the Generalised Cauchy
Theorem. Consequently, the Optical Theorem can be related to the Berry Phase,
showing how the imaginary part of arbitrary one-loop Feynman amplitudes can be
interpreted as the flux of a complex 2-form.Comment: presented at RADCOR 2009 - 9th International Symposium on Radiative
Corrections, October 25 - 30 2009, Ascona, Switzerlan
Feynman Integrals and Intersection Theory
We introduce the tools of intersection theory to the study of Feynman
integrals, which allows for a new way of projecting integrals onto a basis. In
order to illustrate this technique, we consider the Baikov representation of
maximal cuts in arbitrary space-time dimension. We introduce a minimal basis of
differential forms with logarithmic singularities on the boundaries of the
corresponding integration cycles. We give an algorithm for computing a basis
decomposition of an arbitrary maximal cut using so-called intersection numbers
and describe two alternative ways of computing them. Furthermore, we show how
to obtain Pfaffian systems of differential equations for the basis integrals
using the same technique. All the steps are illustrated on the example of a
two-loop non-planar triangle diagram with a massive loop.Comment: 13 pages, published versio
Adaptive Integrand Decomposition in parallel and orthogonal space
We present the integrand decomposition of multiloop scattering amplitudes in
parallel and orthogonal space-time dimensions, , being
the dimension of the parallel space spanned by the legs of the
diagrams. When the number of external legs is , the corresponding
representation of the multiloop integrals exposes a subset of integration
variables which can be easily integrated away by means of Gegenbauer
polynomials orthogonality condition. By decomposing the integration momenta
along parallel and orthogonal directions, the polynomial division algorithm is
drastically simplified. Moreover, the orthogonality conditions of Gegenbauer
polynomials can be suitably applied to integrate the decomposed integrand,
yielding the systematic annihilation of spurious terms. Consequently, multiloop
amplitudes are expressed in terms of integrals corresponding to irreducible
scalar products of loop momenta and external momenta. We revisit the one-loop
decomposition, which turns out to be controlled by the maximum-cut theorem in
different dimensions, and we discuss the integrand reduction of two-loop planar
and non-planar integrals up to legs, for arbitrary external and internal
kinematics. The proposed algorithm extends to all orders in perturbation
theory.Comment: 64 pages, 4 figures, 8 table
Effective field theory approach to the gravitational two-body dynamics, at fourth post-Newtonian order and quintic in the Newton constant
Working within the post-Newtonian (PN) approximation to General Relativity,
we use the effective field theory (EFT) framework to study the conservative
dynamics of the two-body motion at fourth PN order, at fifth order in the
Newton constant. This is one of the missing pieces preventing the computation
of the full Lagrangian at fourth PN order using EFT methods. We exploit the
analogy between diagrams in the EFT gravitational theory and 2-point functions
in massless gauge theory, to address the calculation of 4-loop amplitudes by
means of standard multi-loop diagrammatic techniques. For those terms which can
be directly compared, our result confirms the findings of previous studies,
performed using different methods.Comment: Version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D. Appendix C added
with details of amplitude computation
Integrand Reduction for Two-Loop Scattering Amplitudes through Multivariate Polynomial Division
We describe the application of a novel approach for the reduction of
scattering amplitudes, based on multivariate polynomial division, which we have
recently presented. This technique yields the complete integrand decomposition
for arbitrary amplitudes, regardless of the number of loops. It allows for the
determination of the residue at any multiparticle cut, whose knowledge is a
mandatory prerequisite for applying the integrand-reduction procedure. By using
the division modulo Groebner basis, we can derive a simple integrand recurrence
relation that generates the multiparticle pole decomposition for integrands of
arbitrary multiloop amplitudes. We apply the new reduction algorithm to the
two-loop planar and nonplanar diagrams contributing to the five-point
scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills and N=8 supergravity in four
dimensions, whose numerator functions contain up to rank-two terms in the
integration momenta. We determine all polynomial residues parametrizing the
cuts of the corresponding topologies and subtopologies. We obtain the integral
basis for the decomposition of each diagram from the polynomial form of the
residues. Our approach is well suited for a seminumerical implementation, and
its general mathematical properties provide an effective algorithm for the
generalization of the integrand-reduction method to all orders in perturbation
theory.Comment: 32 pages, 4 figures. v2: published version, text improved, new
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