Optimization for factorized quantities in perturbative QCD

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2019.114635zbMATH Open1430.81089arXiv1904.07159OpenAlexW2938204635MaRDI QIDQ2295504FDOQ2295504

Authors: P. M. Stevenson 

Publication date: 13 February 2020

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

Abstract: Perturbative calculations of factorized physical quantities, such as moments of structure functions, suffer from renormalization- and factorization-scheme dependence. The application of the principle of minimal sensitivity to "optimize" the scheme choices is reconsidered, correcting deficiencies in the earlier literature. The proper scheme variables, RG equations, and invariants are identified. Earlier results of Nakkagawa and Niegawa are recovered, even though their starting point is, at best, unnecessarily complicated. In particular, the optimized coefficients of the coefficient function C are shown to vanish, so that C^opt=1. The resulting simplifications mean that the optimization procedure is as simple as that for purely-perturbative physical quantities.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.07159

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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• Optimization of QCD perturbation theory: results for \(R_{e^+e^-}\) at fourth order

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