Exploring arbitrarily high orders of optimized perturbation theory in QCD with n_f 16 12

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.07.017zbMATH Open1345.81130arXiv1606.09500OpenAlexW2468839735MaRDI QIDQ314878FDOQ314878

Authors: P. M. Stevenson 

Publication date: 16 September 2016

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

Abstract: Perturbative QCD with nf flavours of massless quarks becomes simple in the hypothetical limit nf -> 16.5, where the leading beta-function coefficient vanishes. The Banks-Zaks (BZ) expansion in a0=(8/321)(16.5-nf) is straightforward to obtain from perturbative results in MSbar or any renormalization scheme (RS) whose nf dependence is `regular.' However, `irregular' RS's are perfectly permissible and should ultimately lead to the same BZ results. We show here that the `optimal' RS determined by the Principle of Minimal Sensitivity does yield the same BZ-expansion results when all orders of perturbation theory are taken into account. The BZ limit provides an arena for exploring optimized perturbation theory at arbitrarily high orders. These explorations are facilitated by a `master equation' expressing the optimization conditions in the fixed-point limit. We find an intriguing strong/weak coupling duality a -> a*^2/a about the fixed point a*.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09500

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zbMATH Keywords

Principle of Minimal Sensitivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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