Theory Seminar

CALICO: parametric annihilators for loop integrals & special functions

by Ms Gaia Fontana (Universität Zürich)

Europe/Berlin
A.1.01/03 - Alps (MPP)

A.1.01/03 - Alps

MPP

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Description
We elaborate on the method of parametric annihilators for deriving relations among integrals. Annihilators are differential operators that annihilate multi-valued integration kernels appearing in suitable integral representations of special functions and Feynman integrals. We describe a method for computing parametric annihilators based on efficient linear solvers and show how to use them to derive relations between a wide class of special functions. These include hypergeometric functions, Feynman integrals relevant to high-energy physics and duals of Feynman integrals. We finally present the public Mathematica package CALICO for computing parametric annihilators and its usage in several examples.