Cluster Algebras for Feynman Integrals

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 126; no. 9; p. 091603
• Main Authors: Chicherin, Dmitry, Henn, Johannes M, Papathanasiou, Georgios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 05.03.2021
• ISSN: 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.091603

We initiate the study of cluster algebras in Feynman integrals in dimensional regularization. We provide evidence that four-point Feynman integrals with one off-shell leg are described by a C_{2} cluster algebra, and we find cluster adjacency relations that restrict the allowed function space. By embedding C_{2} inside the A_{3} cluster algebra, we identify these adjacencies with the extended Steinmann relations for six-particle massless scattering. The cluster algebra connection we find restricts the functions space for vector boson or Higgs plus jet amplitudes and for form factors recently considered in N=4 super Yang-Mills. We explain general procedures for studying relationships between alphabets of generalized polylogarithmic functions and cluster algebras and use them to provide various identifications of one-loop alphabets with cluster algebras. In particular, we show how one can obtain one-loop alphabets for five-particle scattering from a recently discussed dual conformal eight-particle alphabet related to the G(4,8) cluster algebra.