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Massive Conformal Symmetry and Integrability for Feynman Integrals

Florian Loebbert, Julian Miczajka, Dennis Müller, and Hagen Münkler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 091602 – Published 25 August 2020

Abstract

In the context of planar holography, integrability plays an important role for solving certain massless quantum field theories such as N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. In this Letter, we show that integrability also features in the building blocks of massive quantum field theories. At one-loop order we prove that all massive n-gon Feynman integrals in generic spacetime dimensions are invariant under a massive Yangian symmetry. At two loops similar statements can be proven for graphs built from two n-gons. At generic loop order we conjecture that all graphs cut from regular tilings of the plane with massive propagators on the boundary are invariant. We support this conjecture by a number of numerical tests for higher loops and legs. The observed Yangian extends the bosonic part of the massive dual conformal symmetry that was found a decade ago on the Coulomb branch of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. By translating the Yangian level-one generators from dual to original momentum space, we introduce a massive generalization of momentum space conformal symmetry. Even for non-dual-conformal integrals this novel symmetry persists. The Yangian can thus be understood as the closure of massive dual conformal symmetry and this new massive momentum space conformal symmetry, which suggests an interpretation via AdS/CFT. As an application of our findings, we bootstrap the hypergeometric building blocks for examples of massive Feynman integrals.

  • Received 22 May 2020
  • Accepted 22 July 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.091602

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.

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Particles & Fields

Authors & Affiliations

Florian Loebbert1,*, Julian Miczajka1,†, Dennis Müller2,‡, and Hagen Münkler3,§

  • 1Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universiät zu Berlin, Zum Großen Windkanal 6, Berlin 12489, Germany
  • 2Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
  • 3Institut für Theoretische Physik, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, Zürich 8093, Switzerland

  • *loebbert@physik.hu-berlin.de
  • miczajka@physik.hu-berlin.de
  • dennis.mueller@nbi.ku.dk
  • §muenkler@itp.phys.ethz.ch

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Vol. 125, Iss. 9 — 28 August 2020

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