Published August 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

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

  • 1. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
  • 2. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Frascati, 00044 Frascati (Roma) (Italy)
  • 3. PH-TH Division, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 4. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)
  • 5. LAPTH, Universite de Savoie, CNRS, B.P. 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux Cedex (France)
  • 6. Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)
  • 7. Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, D-12489 Berlin (Germany)
  • 8. Nuclear Physics Institute of Moscow State University, Moscow 119992 (Russian Federation)

Description

We compute the six-dimensional hexagon integral with three nonadjacent 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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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 045017-045017.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43083253
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASS; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC

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