The scalar one-loop four-point function with one massless vertex is evaluated analytically by employing the loop regularization method. According to the method, a characteristic scale μs is introduced to regularize t...The scalar one-loop four-point function with one massless vertex is evaluated analytically by employing the loop regularization method. According to the method, a characteristic scale μs is introduced to regularize the divergent integrals. The infrared divergent parts, which take the form of ln2(λ^(2)/μ_(s)^(2))and ln(λ^(2)/μ_(s)^(2))as μ_(s)→ 0 where λ is a constant and expressed in terms of masses and Mandelstam variables, and the infrared stable parts are well separated. The result is shown explicitly via 44 dilogarithms in the kinematic sector in which our evaluation is valid.展开更多
文摘The scalar one-loop four-point function with one massless vertex is evaluated analytically by employing the loop regularization method. According to the method, a characteristic scale μs is introduced to regularize the divergent integrals. The infrared divergent parts, which take the form of ln2(λ^(2)/μ_(s)^(2))and ln(λ^(2)/μ_(s)^(2))as μ_(s)→ 0 where λ is a constant and expressed in terms of masses and Mandelstam variables, and the infrared stable parts are well separated. The result is shown explicitly via 44 dilogarithms in the kinematic sector in which our evaluation is valid.