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Johannes M. Henn
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I will present a new method for thinking about and for computing loop integrals based on differential equations. All required information is obtained by algebraic means and is encoded in a small set of simple quantities that I will describe. I will present various applications, including results for all planar master integrals that are needed for the computation of NNLO QCD corrections to the production of two off-shell vector bosons in hadron collisions.
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We present an efficient method to shorten the analytic integration-by-parts (IBP) reduction coefficients of multi-loop Feynman integrals. For our approach, we develop an improved version of Leinartas multivariate partial fraction algorithm, and provide a modern implementation based on the computer algebra system Singular. Furthermore, We observe that for an integral basis with uniform transcendental (UT) weights, the denominators of IBP reduction coefficients with respect to the UT basis are either symbol letters or polynomials purely in the spacetime dimension $D$. With a UT basis, the partial fraction algorithm is more efficient both with respect to its performance and the size reduction. We show that in complicated examples with existence of a UT basis, the IBP reduction coefficients size can be reduced by a factor of as large as $sim 100$. We observe that our algorithm also works well for settings without a UT basis.
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Multi-loop scattering amplitudes constitute a serious bottleneck in current high-energy physics computations. Obtaining new integrand level representations with smooth behaviour is crucial for solving this issue, and surpassing the precision frontier. In this talk, we describe a new technology to rewrite multi-loop Feynman integrands in such a way that non-physical singularities are avoided. The method is inspired by the Loop-Tree Duality (LTD) theorem, and uses geometrical concepts to derive the causal structure of any multi-loop multi-leg scattering amplitude. This representation makes the integrand much more stable, allowing faster numerical simulations, and opens the path for novel re-interpretations of higher-order corrections in QFT.
We present a new package for Mathematica system, called Libra. Its purpose is to provide convenient tools for the transformation of the first-order differential systems $partial_i boldsymbol j = M_i boldsymbol j$ for one or several variables. In particular, Libra is designed for the reduction to $epsilon$-form of the differential systems which appear in multiloop calculations. The package also contains some tools for the construction of general solution: both via perturbative expansion of path-ordered exponent and via generalized power series expansion near regular singular points.Libra also has tools to determine the minimal list of coefficients in the asymptotics of the original master integrals, sufficient for fixing the boundary conditions.
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