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One remaining problem of unitarity cut method for one-loop integral reduction is that tadpole coefficients can not be straightforward obtained through this way. In this paper, we reconsider the problem by applying differential operators over an auxiliary vector R. Using differential operators, we establish the corresponding differential equations for tadpole coefficients at the first step. Then using the tensor structure of tadpole coefficients, we transform the differential equations to the recurrence relations for undetermined tensor coefficients. These recurrence relations can be solved easily by iteration and we can obtain analytic expressions of tadpole coefficients for arbitrary one-loop integrals.
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Feng, B., Li, T. & Li, X. Analytic tadpole coefficients of one-loop integrals. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 81 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2021)081
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