Real valued functions for BFKL eigenvalue

Abstract

We consider known expressions for the eigenvalue of the Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) equation in $N=4$ super Yang-Mills theory as a real valued function of two variables anomalous dimension and the conformal spin. We define new real valued functions of two complex conjugate variables that have a definite complexity analogous to the weight of the nested harmonic sums. We argue that those functions span a general space of functions for the BFKL eigenvalue at any order of the perturbation theory.

18 pages