Canonical differential equations for Feynman integrals from $\mathcal{A}$-hypergeometric systems in the Schwinger representation

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We follow a $D$-module approach to the construction of canonical differential equations for Feynman integrals directly from their Gel'fand-Kapranov-Zelevinsky (GKZ) hypergeometric systems. Starting from the Schwinger representation, we identify the associated generalized Euler integral and its GKZ system, as an alternative to the Lee-Pomeransky representation. The generalized Euler formulation allows reductions associated with facets of the Newton polytope to be identified directly, reducing the number of variables in the resulting differential systems. We construct the associated Pfaffian systems using Frobenius bases, which also provide direct access to the singular loci. After a suitable rationalizing change of variables, the systems are brought into canonical $ε$-form. A key feature of the construction is that the dimension of the canonical basis is determined by the holonomic rank of the GKZ system and, for the examples considered, it is smaller than or equal to the number of master integrals obtained from integration-by-parts, thus providing a reduced description of the differential system.