Algorithms for numerically stable scattering amplitudes

Abstract

The numerically stable evaluation of scattering matrix elements near the infrared limit of gauge theories is of great importance for the success of collider physics experiments. We present a novel algorithm that utilizes double precision arithmetic and reaches higher precision than a naive quadruple precision implementation at smaller computational cost. The method is based on physics-driven modifications to propagators, vertices and external polarizations.

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure, 2 pages of supplemental material with one additional figure