Phase-space integrals through Mellin-Barnes representation
This letter introduces a novel analytical approach to calculating phase-space integrals, crucial for precision in particle physics. We develop a method to compute angular components using multifold Mellin-Barnes integrals, yielding results in terms of Goncharov polylogarithms for integrals involving three denominators. Our results include expressions for massless momenta to <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi mathvariant="script">O</a:mi><a:mo stretchy="false">(</a:mo><a:msup><a:mi>ε</a:mi><a:mn>2</a:mn></a:msup><a:mo stretchy="false">)</a:mo></a:math> and for massive momentum to <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><f:mi mathvariant="script">O</f:mi><f:mo stretchy="false">(</f:mo><f:mi>ε</f:mi><f:mo stretchy="false">)</f:mo></f:math>. We derive recursion relations that reduce integrals with higher powers of denominators to simpler ones. We detail how to combine the angular part with the radial one which requires a careful handling of singularities.
Authors
- Andreas Rapakoulias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-1677)
- Taushif Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-4928)
- Syed Mehedi Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3257-8176)
Institutions
- University of Regensburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/xj2h-89q7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mathematical functions and polynomials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.73