New differential equations for on-shell loop integrals

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Drummond, James M ^a,b   Henn, Johannes M ^c   Trnka, Jaroslav ^d,e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1 N expansion; Conformal and W symmetry; Integrable equations in physics; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053135909     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)083     Document Type: Article

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