The unequal-mass three-loop banana integral

A bstract We compute the three-loop banana integral with four unequal masses in dimensional regularisation. This integral is associated to a family of K3 surfaces, thus representing an example for Feynman integrals with geometries beyond elliptic curves. We evaluate the integral by deriving an ε -factorised differential equation, for which we rely on the algorithm presented in a recent publication [1]. Equipping the space of differential forms in Baikov representation by a set of filtrations inspired by Hodge theory, we first obtain a differential equation with entries as Laurent polynomials in ε . Via a sequence of basis rotations we then remove any non- ε -factorising terms. This procedure is algorithmic and at no point relies on prior knowledge of the underlying geometry.

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Journal of High Energy Physics
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2026-01-05
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https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2026)021
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Polynomial and algebraic computation
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The unequal-mass three-loop banana integral

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The unequal-mass three-loop banana integral

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A bstract We compute the three-loop banana integral with four unequal masses in dimensional regularisation. This integral is associated to a family of K3 surfaces, thus representing an example for Feynman integrals with geometries beyond elliptic curves. We evaluate the integral by deriving an ε -factorised differential equation, for which we rely on the algorithm presented in a recent publication [1]. Equipping the space of differential forms in Baikov representation by a set of filtrations inspired by Hodge theory, we first obtain a differential equation with entries as Laurent polynomials in ε . Via a sequence of basis rotations we then remove any non- ε -factorising terms. This procedure is algorithmic and at no point relies on prior knowledge of the underlying geometry.

Journal of High Energy PhysicsVol. 2026(1)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE), Paul Scherrer Institute (CH)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Polynomial and algebraic computation
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