A recursive reduction of tensor Feynman integrals

Abstract

We perform a recursive reduction of one-loop $n$-point rank $R$ tensor Feynman integrals [in short: $(n,R)$-integrals] for $n\le 6$ with $R\le n$ by representing $(n,R)$-integrals in terms of $(n,R-1)$- and $(n-1,R-1)$-integrals. We use the known representation of tensor integrals in terms of scalar integrals in higher dimension, which are then reduced by recurrence relations to integrals in generic dimension. With a systematic application of metric tensor representations in terms of chords, and by decomposing and recombining these representations, we find the recursive reduction for the tensors. The procedure represents a compact, sequential algorithm for numerical evaluations of tensor Feynman integrals appearing in next-to-leading order contributions to massless and massive three- and four- particle production at LHC and ILC, as well as at meson factories.

Version to appear in Phys. Letters B

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