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On $\varepsilon$-factorised bases and pure Feynman integrals
by Hjalte Frellesvig, Stefan Weinzierl
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Stefan Weinzierl |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.02264v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2024-05-22 |
| Date submitted: | 2024-03-05 15:38 |
| Submitted by: | Weinzierl, Stefan |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
We investigate $\varepsilon$-factorised differential equations, uniform transcendental weight and purity for Feynman integrals. We are in particular interested in Feynman integrals beyond the ones which evaluate to multiple polylogarithms. We show that a $\varepsilon$-factorised differential equation does not necessarily lead to Feynman integrals of uniform transcendental weight. We also point out that a proposed definition of purity works locally, but not globally.
Author comments upon resubmission
Only point 2 of report 1 deserves a comment: We added a few lines at the end of section 2 to stress the relevant points from this toy example. The referee asks, if there is a kinematic-dependent redefinition of the master integrals in the polylogarithmic case, which preserves the epsilon-factorised form. One possibility is to multiply a master integral by exp(epsilon*ln(x)), this will do the job. Of course, this transformation is not rational. We felt that specifying in detail what transformations we would allow in this case would divert too much from our main topic.
List of changes
The requested changes by the referees have been detailed and specific, we followed them point-by-point.
Following remark 1 of referee 1 we revised the complete manuscript with respect to the use of "uniform weight" and "purity".
At the end of section 2 we inserted (point 2 of referee 1):
"This statement is of course obvious to experts in the field.
We will use it in the following way:
If we assume that a definition of transcendental weight beyond the polylogarihmic case
is compatible with the restriction of the kinematic space to a sub-space,
we may detect master integrals of non-uniform weight from their (non-uniform weight) boundary constants
at a point where the master integrals reduce to values of multiple polylogarithms.
For multiple polylogarithms
the definition of transcendental weight is unambiguous."
Point 3 of referee 1: $P(u)$ is now a quartic polynomial of a single variable.
Point 4 of referee 1 and point 4 of referee 2: We added the definition of the complete elliptic integrals.
Point 5 of referee 1: We added the requested definitions and references to standard textbooks.
Point 6 of referee 1: Indeed, and we reformulated this sentence.
Point 7 of referee 1: We added a footnote to explain that this is a useful convention and no restriction of generality.
Point 8 of referee1: We added a footnote how the basis can be found and added references.
Point 1-3 of referee 2: We implemented these changes.
Published as SciPost Phys. 16, 150 (2024)