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ϕ3 theory at six loops

Oliver Schnetz*

  • II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany

  • *Contact author: schnetz@mi.uni-erlangen.de
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 016028 – Published 31 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/sp5q-km2c

Abstract

We present the renormalization functions of dimensionally regularized ϕ3 theory in six dimensions up to loop order six in the minimal subtraction scheme.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 016028– Published 31 July, 2025
  • Received 22 May 2025
  • Accepted 24 June 2025
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