Multi-fold contour integrals of certain ratios of Euler gamma functions from Feynman diagrams: orthogonality of triangles

TL;DR

This paper reveals an orthogonality property of Mellin-Barnes transforms of one-loop triangle diagrams, extending previous invariance results of special functions in Feynman diagram analysis across multiple dimensions.

Contribution

It introduces a new orthogonality property of Mellin-Barnes transforms for one-loop diagrams, generalizing prior invariance findings of Usyukina-Davydychev functions.

Findings

Orthogonality of Mellin-Barnes transforms established

Property valid in arbitrary dimensions

Extends previous invariance results of Feynman diagram functions

Abstract

We observe a property of orthogonality of the Mellin-Barnes transformation of the triangle one-loop diagrams, which follows from our previous papers [JHEP {\bf 0808} (2008) 106, JHEP {\bf 1003} (2010) 051, JMP {\bf 51} (2010) 052304]. In those papers it has been established that Usyukina-Davydychev functions are invariant with respect to Fourier transformation. This has been proved at the level of graphs and also via the Mellin-Barnes transformation. We partially apply to one-loop massless scalar diagram the same trick in which the Mellin-Barnes transformation was involved and obtain the property of orthogonality of the corresponding MB transforms under integration over contours in two complex planes with certain weight. This property is valid in an arbitrary number of dimensions.