Implications of nonplanar dual conformal symmetry

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2018)012zbMATH Open1398.81098arXiv1807.06321OpenAlexW2883277196WikidataQ129328013 ScholiaQ129328013MaRDI QIDQ1797262FDOQ1797262

Authors: Johannes Henn, D. Chicherin, Emery Sokatchev 

Publication date: 19 October 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently, Bern et al observed that a certain class of next-to-planar Feynman integrals possess a bonus symmetry that is closely related to dual conformal symmetry. It corresponds to a projection of the latter along a certain lightlike direction. Previous studies were performed at the level of the loop integrand, and a Ward identity for the integral was formulated. We investigate the implications of the symmetry at the level of the integrated quantities. In particular, we focus on the phenomenologically important case of five-particle scattering. The symmetry simplifies the four-variable problem to a three-variable one. In the context of the recently proposed space of pentagon functions, the symmetry is much stronger. We find that it drastically reduces the allowed function space, leading to a well-known space of three-variable functions. Furthermore, we show how to use the symmetry in the presence of infrared divergences, where one obtains an anomalous Ward identity. We verify that the Ward identity is satisfied by the leading and subleading poles of several nontrivial five-particle integrals. Finally, we present examples of integrals that possess both ordinary and dual conformal symmetry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06321

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zbMATH Keywords

anomalies in field and string theoriesconformal and W symmetryscattering amplitudesFeynman integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

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• The two-loop five-particle amplitude in $ \mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity
• Multi-Regge limit of the two-loop five-point amplitudes in \(\mathcal{N} = 4\) super Yang-Mills and \(\mathcal{N} = 8\) supergravity
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• Four-graviton scattering to three loops in \( \mathcal{N}=8 \) supergravity
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• Naturalness, conformal symmetry, and duality
• UV cancellations in gravity loop integrands
• Dual conformal invariance for form factors
• Poles at infinity in on-shell diagrams
• Exact scattering amplitudes in conformal fishnet theory
• Non-planar BCFW Grassmannian geometries
• Building bases of loop integrands
• The two-loop five-point amplitude in $ \mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity
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• NON-LINEAR DEFORMATIONS OF DUALITY–SYMMETRIC THEORIES
• Differential equations from unitarity cuts: nonplanar hexa-box integrals

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