Optimization of QCD perturbation theory: results for R_e^+e^- at fourth order

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2012.11.005MaRDI QIDQ1950481zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. M. Stevenson

Publication date 13 May 2013

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Abstract: Physical quantities in QCD are independent of renormalization scheme (RS), but that exact invariance is spoiled by truncations of the perturbation series. "Optimization" corresponds to making the perturbative approximant, at any given order, locally invariant under small RS changes. A solution of the resulting optimization equations is presented. It allows an efficient algorithm for finding the optimized result. Example results for R(e+e-)=3(Sum q_i^2)(1+R) to fourth order (NNNLO) are given that show nice convergence, even down to arbitrarily low energies. The Q=0 "freezing" behaviour, R=0.3+/-0.3, found at third order is confirmed and made more precise; R=0.2+/-0.1. Low-energy results in the MS-bar scheme, by contrast, show the typical pathologies of a non-convergent asymptotic series.

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