Symbol letters of Feynman integrals from Gram determinants

Symbol letters are crucial for analytically calculating Feynman integrals in terms of iterated integrals. We present a novel method to construct the symbol letters for a given integral family without prior knowledge of the canonical differential equations. We provide a program package implementing our algorithm, and demonstrate its effectiveness in solving non-trivial problems with multiple loops and legs. Using our method, we successfully bootstrap the canonical differential equations for a two-loop five-point family with two external masses and for a three-loop four-point family with two external masses, which were previously unknown in the literature. We anticipate that our method can be applied to a wide range of cutting-edge calculations in the future.

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Journal
Physics Letters B
Published
2025-04-03
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139443
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14
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Advanced Topics in Algebra
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Symbol letters of Feynman integrals from Gram determinants

Xuhang Jiang, Li Lin Yang, Xiaofeng Xu, Jiahao Liu
14 citations
Physics Letters B
Advanced Topics in Algebra
75.29
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Symbol letters of Feynman integrals from Gram determinants

Xuhang Jiang, Li Lin Yang, Xiaofeng Xu, Jiahao Liu
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Abstract

Symbol letters are crucial for analytically calculating Feynman integrals in terms of iterated integrals. We present a novel method to construct the symbol letters for a given integral family without prior knowledge of the canonical differential equations. We provide a program package implementing our algorithm, and demonstrate its effectiveness in solving non-trivial problems with multiple loops and legs. Using our method, we successfully bootstrap the canonical differential equations for a two-loop five-point family with two external masses and for a three-loop four-point family with two external masses, which were previously unknown in the literature. We anticipate that our method can be applied to a wide range of cutting-edge calculations in the future.

Physics Letters BVol. 864
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN), Institute of Modern Physics (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Zhejiang University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 0%
Advanced Topics in Algebra
75.29
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