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 -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 (the number of flavours) were correct to within . Furthermore an examination of recent results in 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 -function and quark mass anomalous dimension, and also for the eight-loop -function in theory.
Cite
@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