Feynman integrals: beyond polylogarithms

Particle Physics Theory seminar

Feynman integrals: beyond polylogarithms

  • Event time: 2:00pm
  • Event date: 16th March 2016
  • Speaker: David Broadhurst (Open University)
  • Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305,

Event details

Feynman integrals sometimes yield polylogarithms, especially when masses may be ignored. Yet algebraic geometry reveals that multiloop massless diagrams eventually outgrow the kindergarten of polylogs, such as multiple zeta values. With massive propagators, this happens at merely two loops, where one encounters an elliptic dilogarithm. I shall report on the fascinating mathematical structure revealed by massive diagrams with up to 7 loops.

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