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New possibilities in the theoretical prediction of particle interactions

Team of scientists at Mainz University finds a way to evaluate highly complex Feynman integrals

2023-03-21
(Press-News.org) How does the world look like at the smallest scales? This is a question scientists are trying to answer in particle collider experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. To compare the results of these experiments, theoretical physicists need to provide more and more precise predictions based on our current model for the interactions of fundamental particles, the so called standard model. A key ingredient in these predictions are so called Feynman integrals. Recently, a team of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Mainz University, consisting of Dr. Sebastian Pögel, Dr. Xing Wang and Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl developed a method to efficiently compute a new class of these Feynman integrals, associated to Calabi–Yau geometries. This research is now published in the renowned journal Physical Review Letters and opens the path to high-precision theoretical predictions of particle interactions, and to better understand the elegant mathematical structure underpinning the world of particle physics.

 

“During the interaction of subatomic particles something special happens: Any number of additional particles can temporarily pop in and out of existence”, Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl explains. “When making theoretical predictions of such interactions, the more of the these additional particles are taken into account, the more precise the computation will be to the real result.” Feynman integrals are mathematical objects which describe this effect, summing in effect all possible ways particles can appear and immediately disappear again.

 

Calabi–Yau Geometries: An Interplay of Mathematics and Physics

 

An important property determining the complexity of a Feynman integral is its geometry. Many of the simplest Feynman integrals have the geometry of a sphere or a torus - the mathematical term for a donut shape. Such integrals are nowadays well understood. However, there exist entire families of geometries, so-called Calabi–Yau geometries, which are generalisations of the donut case to higher dimensions. These have proven to be a rich field of research in pure Mathematics, and have found extensive application in string theory in the last decades. In recent years it was discovered that also many Feynman integrals are associated to Calabi–Yau geometries. However, due to the complexity of the geometry, the efficient evaluation of such integrals has remained a challenge.

 

In their recent publication, Dr. Sebastian Pögel, Dr. Xing Wang and Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl present a method that allows them to tackle integrals of Calabi–Yau geometries. In their research they studied a simple family of Calabi–Yau Feynman integrals, called banana integrals. The name is derived from the Feynman graph (see picture). Thereby they could find for the first time a so-called “epsilon-factorized form” for these integrals. This form allows to quickly evaluate the integral to nearly arbitrary precision, making them accessible for future experimental predictions predictions. “It opens the door to a wide variety of hitherto unreachable Feynman integrals” says Dr. Xing Wang. According to Dr. Sebastian Pögel it is a nice example how pure mathematics feeds into phenomenological predictions for high-energy experiments. “We are grateful to our colleagues in mathematics, and in particular to the group of Prof. Dr. Duco van Straten, as we build on their work and now were able to achieve this exciting result”, summarizes Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl.

 

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[Press-News.org] New possibilities in the theoretical prediction of particle interactions
Team of scientists at Mainz University finds a way to evaluate highly complex Feynman integrals