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Asymptotic Pad\'e Predictions up to Six Loops in QCD and Eight Loops in $\lambda\phi^4$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We assess the accuracy of our previous Asymptotic Pad\'e predictions of the five-loop QCD β\beta-function and quark mass anomalous dimension in the light of subsequent exact results. We find the low-order coefficients in an expansion in powers of NFN_F (the number of flavours) were correct to within 1%1\%. Furthermore an examination of recent results in λϕ4\lambda\phi^4 theory indicates that the Asymptotic Pad\'e methods deliver predictions which increase in accuracy with loop order. Encouraged by this, we present six-loop Asymptotic Pad\'e predictions for the QCD β\beta-function and quark mass anomalous dimension, and also for the eight-loop β\beta-function in O(N)O(N) λϕ4\lambda\phi^4 theory.

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@article{arxiv.2601.07596,
  title  = {Asymptotic Pad\'e Predictions up to Six Loops in QCD and Eight Loops in $\lambda\phi^4$},
  author = {J. A. Gracey and I. Jack and D. R. T. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07596},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Author accepted manuscript; 53 pages, 51 tables

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