The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral with three massive corners
Creators
- 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.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.045017;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1105.2011v1;
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
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics