Author:
Badger Simon,Henn Johannes,Plefka Jan Christoph,Zoia Simone
Abstract
AbstractIn this chapter we study the structure of loop-level scattering amplitudes. The appearance of integrals over internal loop momenta gives rise to a new set of functions that go beyond the rational functions of spinor products seen at tree-level. We will use the unitarity of scattering amplitudes to show that discontinuities in loop amplitudes can be determined from tree-level information as a result of factorisation when loop momentum dependent propagators go on-shell. We then show that generalised discontinuities can be used to break loop amplitudes further into small tree-level building blocks. We then turn our attention to a general method for one-loop dimensionally regulated amplitudes in which a basis of functions is determined as well as a technique to determine their coefficients from on-shell data.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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