Generalization of the 1-loop flat-space limit derivation to higher loops/sites

Ascertain whether the dimensional-regularization-based derivation of the flat-space limit for one-loop de Sitter correlators extends straightforwardly to higher loop orders or multiple loop-site diagrams, accounting for the required \(\mathcal{O}(\delta^2)\) and higher corrections to de Sitter mode functions.

Background

The authors derive the flat-space limit for the full 1-loop correlator by relating leading powers of the de Sitter propagators to flat-space propagators, using an expansion of the d-dimensional modes about δ=0\delta=0.

They caution that this approach relies on commuting a series expansion with loop integrals and only includes O(δ)\mathcal{O}(\delta) corrections, and it is not clear whether the same logic works when O(δ2)\mathcal{O}(\delta^2) and higher terms are needed at higher loop order or with multiple loop sites.

References

It is not immediately obvious that this method works at higher loop orders, when it would become necessary to consider \mathcal{O}(\delta2) and higher corrections from modes. Hence it is not clear whether the arguments presented above generalise straightforwardly at higher loops/loop sites. We keep this investigation for a future work.

Singularities in Cosmological Loop Correlators II : Non Local Interactions and Flat Space limits  (2512.11040 - Ansari et al., 11 Dec 2025) in Section 5.1 (Polology at 1-loop)