Classification of Feynman integral geometries for black-hole scattering at 5PM order

A bstract We provide a complete classification of the Feynman integral geometries relevant to the scattering of two black holes at fifth order in the post-Minkowskian (PM) expansion, i.e. at four loops. The analysis includes integrals relevant to both the conservative and dissipative dynamics, as well as to all orders in the self-force (SF) expansion, i.e. the 0SF, 1SF and 2SF orders. By relating the geometries of integrals across different loop orders and integral families, we find that out of the 16,596 potentially contributing integral topologies, only 70 need to be analyzed in detail. By further computing their leading singularities using the loop-by-loop Baikov representation, we show that there only appear two different three-dimensional Calabi-Yau geometries and two different K3 surfaces at this loop order, which together characterize the space of functions beyond polylogarithms to which the 5PM integrals evaluate.

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Journal of High Energy Physics
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2025-10-27
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https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10(2025)212
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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Classification of Feynman integral geometries for black-hole scattering at 5PM order

Hjalte Frellesvig, Roger Morales, Matthias Wilhelm, D.J. Brammer
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Journal of High Energy Physics
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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Classification of Feynman integral geometries for black-hole scattering at 5PM order

Hjalte Frellesvig, Roger Morales, Matthias Wilhelm, D.J. Brammer
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A bstract We provide a complete classification of the Feynman integral geometries relevant to the scattering of two black holes at fifth order in the post-Minkowskian (PM) expansion, i.e. at four loops. The analysis includes integrals relevant to both the conservative and dissipative dynamics, as well as to all orders in the self-force (SF) expansion, i.e. the 0SF, 1SF and 2SF orders. By relating the geometries of integrals across different loop orders and integral families, we find that out of the 16,596 potentially contributing integral topologies, only 70 need to be analyzed in detail. By further computing their leading singularities using the loop-by-loop Baikov representation, we show that there only appear two different three-dimensional Calabi-Yau geometries and two different K3 surfaces at this loop order, which together characterize the space of functions beyond polylogarithms to which the 5PM integrals evaluate.

Journal of High Energy PhysicsVol. 2025(10)
University of Southern Denmark (DK), Zhejiang University (CN)
Villum Fonden, European Commission, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
5.61
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