Towards analytic structure of Feynman parameter integrals with rational curves.

Gong, Jianyu; Yuan, Ellis Ye

We propose a strategy to study the analytic structure of Feynman parameter integrals where singularities of the integrand consist of rational irreducible components. At the core of this strategy is the identification of a selected stratum of discontinuities induced from the integral, together with a geometric method for computing their singularities on the principal sheet. For integrals that yield multiple polylogarithms we expect the data collected in this strategy to be sufficient for the construction of their symbols. We motivate this analysis by the Aomoto polylogarithms, and further check its validity and illustrate technical details using examples with quadric integrand singularities (which the one-loop Feynman integrals belong to). Generalizations to higher-loop integrals are commented at the end.

Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022, Vol 2022, Issue 10, p1

1126-6708

Academic Journal

10.1007/JHEP10(2022)145