26–28 Jun 2023
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
US/Pacific timezone

p-adic reconstruction of rational functions in loop calculations

26 Jun 2023, 11:50
25m
Kavli Auditorium (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Kavli Auditorium

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States

Speaker

Herschel Chawdhry (University of Oxford)

Description

The calculation and manipulation of large multi-variable rational functions is a key bottleneck in multi-loop calculations. In this talk I will present work using p-adic numbers to reconstruct rational functions in a compact form. I will apply this to examples such as rational functions appearing in non-planar 2-loop 5-point amplitudes.

Author

Herschel Chawdhry (University of Oxford)

Presentation materials