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We use the worldline formalism to derive integral representations for three classes of amplitudes in scalar field theory: (i) the scalar propagator exchanging N momenta with a scalar background field (ii) the “half-ladder” with N rungs in x-space (iii) the four-point ladder with N rungs in x-space as well as in (off-shell) momentum space. In each case we give a compact expression combining the N! Feynman diagrams contributing to the amplitude. As our main application, we reconsider the well-known case of two massive scalars interacting through the exchange of a massless scalar. Applying asymptotic estimates and a saddle-point approximation to the N-rung ladder plus crossed ladder diagrams, we derive a semi-analytic approximation formula for the lowest bound state mass in this model.
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Bastianelli, F., Huet, A., Schubert, C. et al. Integral representations combining ladders and crossed-ladders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 66 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2014)066
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