Two-loop kite master integral for a correlator of two composite vertices

Abstract

We consider the most general two-loop massless correlator $I(n_1,n_2,n_3,n_4,n_5;x,y;D)$ of two composite vertices with the Bjorken fractions $x$ and $y$ for arbitrary indices $\{n_i\}$ and space-time dimension $D$; this correlator is represented by a "kite" diagram. The correlator $I(\{n_i\};x,y;D)$ is the generating function for any scalar Feynman integrals related to this kind of diagrams. We calculate $I(\{n_i\};x,y;D)$ and its Mellin moments in a direct way by evaluating hypergeometric integrals in the $\alpha$ representation. The result for $I(\{n_i\};x,y;D)$ is given in terms of a double hypergeometric series -- the Kampé de Férriet function. In some particular but still quite general cases it reduces to a sum of generalized hypergeometric functions ${}_3{F}_2$. The Mellin moments can be expressed through generalized Lauricella functions, which reduce to the Kampé de Férriet functions in several physically interesting situations. A number of Feynman integrals involved and relations for them are obtained.

Comments: 28 pages, 3 figures. v5 corrects misprints in eqs. (3.6) and (4.15)