Magic identities for the conformal four-point integrals; the Minkowski metric case

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2019.108388zbMATH Open1430.22028arXiv1911.04966OpenAlexW2983570075WikidataQ126787619 ScholiaQ126787619MaRDI QIDQ2286252FDOQ2286252

Authors: Matvei Libine 

Publication date: 10 January 2020

Published in: Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The original "magic identities" are due to J.M.Drummond, J.Henn, V.A.Smirnov and E.Sokatchev; they assert that all n-loop box integrals for four scalar massless particles are equal to each other [DHSS]. The authors give a proof of the magic identities for the Euclidean metric case only and claim that the result is also true in the Minkowski metric. However, the Minkowski case is much more subtle and requires specification of the relative positions of cycles of integration to make these identities correct. In this article we prove the magic identities in the Minkowski metric case and, in particular, specify the cycles of integration. Our proof of magic identities relies on previous results from [L1, L2], where we give a mathematical interpretation of the n-loop box integrals in the context of representations of a Lie group U(2,2) and quaternionic analysis. The main result of [L1, L2] is a (weaker) operator version of the "magic identities". No prior knowledge of physics or Feynman diagrams is assumed from the reader. We provide a summary of all relevant results from quaternionic analysis to make the article self-contained.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.04966

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zbMATH Keywords

Feynman diagrams``magic identitiesconformal four-point integralsrepresentations of \(U(2, 2)\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Feynman diagrams (81T18) Functions of hypercomplex variables and generalized variables (30G35) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)

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• Magic identities for conformal four-point integrals
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