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Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms

A recent, integrability-based conjecture in the framework of the Wilson loop OPE for N=4 SYM theory, predicts the leading OPE contribution for the hexagon MHV remainder function and NMHV ratio function to all loops, in integral form. We prove that these integrals evaluate to a particular basis of ha...

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Autor principal: Papathanasiou, Georgios
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)150
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1615514
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description A recent, integrability-based conjecture in the framework of the Wilson loop OPE for N=4 SYM theory, predicts the leading OPE contribution for the hexagon MHV remainder function and NMHV ratio function to all loops, in integral form. We prove that these integrals evaluate to a particular basis of harmonic polylogarithms, at any order in the weak coupling expansion. The proof constitutes an algorithm for the direct computation of the integrals, which we employ in order to obtain the full (N)MHV OPE contribution in question up to 6 loops, and certain parts of it up to 12 loops. We attach computer-readable files with our results, as well as an algorithm implementation which may be readily used to generate higher-loop corrections. The feasibility of obtaining the explicit kinematical dependence of the first term in the OPE in principle at arbitrary loop order, offers promise for the suitability of this approach as a non-perturbative description of Wilson loops/scattering amplitudes.
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spelling cern-16155142023-03-14T19:41:25Zdoi:10.1007/JHEP11(2013)150http://cds.cern.ch/record/1615514engPapathanasiou, GeorgiosHexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic PolylogarithmsParticle Physics - TheoryA recent, integrability-based conjecture in the framework of the Wilson loop OPE for N=4 SYM theory, predicts the leading OPE contribution for the hexagon MHV remainder function and NMHV ratio function to all loops, in integral form. We prove that these integrals evaluate to a particular basis of harmonic polylogarithms, at any order in the weak coupling expansion. The proof constitutes an algorithm for the direct computation of the integrals, which we employ in order to obtain the full (N)MHV OPE contribution in question up to 6 loops, and certain parts of it up to 12 loops. We attach computer-readable files with our results, as well as an algorithm implementation which may be readily used to generate higher-loop corrections. The feasibility of obtaining the explicit kinematical dependence of the first term in the OPE in principle at arbitrary loop order, offers promise for the suitability of this approach as a non-perturbative description of Wilson loops/scattering amplitudes.A recent, integrability-based conjecture in the framework of the Wilson loop OPE for N=4 SYM theory, predicts the leading OPE contribution for the hexagon MHV remainder function and NMHV ratio function to all loops, in integral form. We prove that these integrals evaluate to a particular basis of harmonic polylogarithms, at any order in the weak coupling expansion. The proof constitutes an algorithm for the direct computation of the integrals, which we employ in order to obtain the full (N)MHV OPE contribution in question up to 6 loops, and certain parts of it up to 12 loops. We attach computer-readable files with our results, as well as an algorithm implementation which may be readily used to generate higher-loop corrections. The feasibility of obtaining the explicit kinematical dependence of the first term in the OPE in principle at arbitrary loop order, offers promise for the suitability of this approach as a non-perturbative description of Wilson loops/scattering amplitudes.arXiv:1310.5735oai:cds.cern.ch:16155142013-10-21
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Theory
Papathanasiou, Georgios
Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title_full Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title_fullStr Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title_full_unstemmed Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title_short Hexagon Wilson Loop OPE and Harmonic Polylogarithms
title_sort hexagon wilson loop ope and harmonic polylogarithms
topic Particle Physics - Theory
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)150
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1615514
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