arXiv:2112.09145·v3·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Targeting Multi-Loop Integrals with Neural Networks
Ramon Winterhalder🇩🇪 · Vitaly Magerya🇩🇪 · Emilio Villa🇩🇪 · Stephen P. Jones🇬🇧 · Matthias Kerner🇩🇪 · Anja Butter🇩🇪 · Gudrun Heinrich🇩🇪 · Tilman Plehn🇩🇪
Abstract
Numerical evaluations of Feynman integrals often proceed via a deformation of the integration contour into the complex plane. While valid contours are easy to construct, the numerical precision for a multi-loop integral can depend critically on the chosen contour. We present methods to optimize this contour using a combination of optimized, global complex shifts and a normalizing flow. They can lead to a significant gain in precision.
Comments: 20 pages, 9 figures, v3: added two references