Direct expression for one-loop tensor reduction with Lorentz indices via a generating function
In [], we derived a direct expression for one-loop tensor reduction using generating functions and Feynman parametrization in projective space, avoiding recursive relations. However, for practical applications, this expression still presents two challenges: 1) while the final reduction coefficients are expressed in terms of the dimension D and Mandelstam variables, the given expression explicitly contains irrational functions; 2) the expression involves an auxiliary vector R, which can be eliminated via differentiation <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mfrac><a:mo stretchy="false">∂</a:mo><a:mrow><a:mo stretchy="false">∂</a:mo><a:mi>R</a:mi></a:mrow></a:mfrac></a:math>, but the presence of irrational terms making differentiation cumbersome; and 3) most practical applications require the tensor form with Lorentz indices. In this paper, we provide a rational form of the reduction coefficients with Lorentz indices, free from recursion. Additionally, we provide a pure Wolfram implementation of the code. Our practical tests demonstrate that this direct expression achieves significantly higher computational efficiency compared to the traditional Passarino-Veltman reduction or other recursion-based methods.
Authors
- Chang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-949X)
- Yifan Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7980-6626)
- Jiyuan Shen
Institutions
- Numerical Method (China) (CN)
- Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN)
- Institute for Advanced Study (DE)
- Computational Physics (United States) (US)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Hebei University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.096005
- Primary Topic
- Tensor decomposition and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Hebei University