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The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners

We compute the six-dimensional hexagon integral with three non-adjacent external masses analytically. After a simple rescaling, it is given by a function of six dual conformally invariant cross-ratios. The result can be expressed as a sum of 24 terms involving only one basic function, which is a sim...

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Autores principales: Del Duca, Vittorio, Dixon, Lance J., Drummond, James M., Duhr, Claude, Henn, Johannes M., Smirnov, Vladimir A.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.045017
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1350167
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author Del Duca, Vittorio
Dixon, Lance J.
Drummond, James M.
Duhr, Claude
Henn, Johannes M.
Smirnov, Vladimir A.
author_facet Del Duca, Vittorio
Dixon, Lance J.
Drummond, James M.
Duhr, Claude
Henn, Johannes M.
Smirnov, Vladimir A.
author_sort Del Duca, Vittorio
collection CERN
description We compute the six-dimensional hexagon integral with three non-adjacent external masses analytically. After a simple rescaling, it is given by a function of six dual conformally invariant cross-ratios. The result can be expressed as a sum of 24 terms involving only one basic function, which is a simple linear combination of logarithms, dilogarithms, and trilogarithms of uniform degree three transcendentality. Our method uses differential equations to determine the symbol of the function, and an algorithm to reconstruct the latter from its symbol. It is known that six-dimensional hexagon integrals are closely related to scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, and we therefore expect our result to be helpful for understanding the structure of scattering amplitudes in this theory, in particular at two loops.
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spelling cern-13501672021-05-20T03:08:51Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.045017http://cds.cern.ch/record/1350167engDel Duca, VittorioDixon, Lance J.Drummond, James M.Duhr, ClaudeHenn, Johannes M.Smirnov, Vladimir A.The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive cornersParticle Physics - TheoryAstrophysics and AstronomyXXWe compute the six-dimensional hexagon integral with three non-adjacent external masses analytically. After a simple rescaling, it is given by a function of six dual conformally invariant cross-ratios. The result can be expressed as a sum of 24 terms involving only one basic function, which is a simple linear combination of logarithms, dilogarithms, and trilogarithms of uniform degree three transcendentality. Our method uses differential equations to determine the symbol of the function, and an algorithm to reconstruct the latter from its symbol. It is known that six-dimensional hexagon integrals are closely related to scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, and we therefore expect our result to be helpful for understanding the structure of scattering amplitudes in this theory, in particular at two loops.We compute the six-dimensional hexagon integral with three non-adjacent external masses analytically. After a simple rescaling, it is given by a function of six dual conformally invariant cross-ratios. The result can be expressed as a sum of 24 terms involving only one basic function, which is a simple linear combination of logarithms, dilogarithms, and trilogarithms of uniform degree three transcendentality. Our method uses differential equations to determine the symbol of the function, and an algorithm to reconstruct the latter from its symbol. It is known that six-dimensional hexagon integrals are closely related to scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, and we therefore expect our result to be helpful for understanding the structure of scattering amplitudes in this theory, in particular at two loops.HU-EP-11-22CERN-PH-TH-2011-105SLAC-PUB-14458LAPTH-016-11DCPT-11-42NSF-KITP-11-072arXiv:1105.2011IPPP-11-21HU-EP-11-22CERN-PH-TH-2011-105SLAC-PUB-14458LAPTH-016-11IPPP-11-21DCPT-11-42NSF-KITP-11-072oai:cds.cern.ch:13501672011-05-11
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Theory
Astrophysics and Astronomy
XX
Del Duca, Vittorio
Dixon, Lance J.
Drummond, James M.
Duhr, Claude
Henn, Johannes M.
Smirnov, Vladimir A.
The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title_full The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title_fullStr The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title_full_unstemmed The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title_short The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
title_sort one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
topic Particle Physics - Theory
Astrophysics and Astronomy
XX
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.045017
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1350167
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