Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering

Abstract We compute all master integrals for massless three-loop four-particle scattering amplitudes required for processes like di-jet or di-photon production at the LHC. We present our result in terms of a Laurent expansion of the integrals in the dimensional regulator up to 8th power, with coe...

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Main Authors: Henn, Johannes, Mistlberger, Bernhard, Smirnov, Vladimir A, Wasser, Pascal
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131705
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Mistlberger, Bernhard
Smirnov, Vladimir A
Wasser, Pascal
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description Abstract We compute all master integrals for massless three-loop four-particle scattering amplitudes required for processes like di-jet or di-photon production at the LHC. We present our result in terms of a Laurent expansion of the integrals in the dimensional regulator up to 8th power, with coefficients expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms. As a basis of master integrals we choose integrals with integrands that only have logarithmic poles — called dlog forms. This choice greatly facilitates the subsequent computation via the method of differential equations. We detail how this basis is obtained via an improved algorithm originally developed by one of the authors. We provide a public implementation of this algorithm. We explain how the algorithm is naturally applied in the context of unitarity. In addition, we classify our dlog forms according to their soft and collinear properties.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1317052023-09-13T17:37:01Z Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering Henn, Johannes Mistlberger, Bernhard Smirnov, Vladimir A Wasser, Pascal Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics Abstract We compute all master integrals for massless three-loop four-particle scattering amplitudes required for processes like di-jet or di-photon production at the LHC. We present our result in terms of a Laurent expansion of the integrals in the dimensional regulator up to 8th power, with coefficients expressed in terms of harmonic polylogarithms. As a basis of master integrals we choose integrals with integrands that only have logarithmic poles — called dlog forms. This choice greatly facilitates the subsequent computation via the method of differential equations. We detail how this basis is obtained via an improved algorithm originally developed by one of the authors. We provide a public implementation of this algorithm. We explain how the algorithm is naturally applied in the context of unitarity. In addition, we classify our dlog forms according to their soft and collinear properties. 2021-09-20T17:29:48Z 2021-09-20T17:29:48Z 2020-04-24 2020-06-26T13:22:04Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131705 Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 Apr 24;2020(4):167 PUBLISHER_CC en https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2020)167 Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Author(s) application/pdf Springer Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Wasser, Pascal
Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title_full Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title_fullStr Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title_full_unstemmed Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title_short Constructing d-log integrands and computing master integrals for three-loop four-particle scattering
title_sort constructing d log integrands and computing master integrals for three loop four particle scattering
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131705
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