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Four-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QED

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-08-01 v4

Abstract

The 4-loop CF3TFnlC_F^3 T_F n_l and 5-loop CF4TFnlC_F^4 T_F n_l terms in the HQET field anomalous dimension γh\gamma_h are calculated analytically (the 4-loop one agrees with the recent numerical result [arXiv:1801.08292]). The 4-loop CF3TFnlC_F^3 T_F n_l and 5-loop CF4TFnlC_F^4 T_F n_l terms in the cusp anomalous dimension Γ(φ)\Gamma(\varphi) are calculated analytically, exactly in φ\varphi (the φ\varphi\to\infty asymptotics of the 4-loop one agrees with the recent numerical result [arXiv:1707.08315]). Combining these results with the recent 4-loop dFFnld_{FF} n_l contributions to γh\gamma_h and to the small-φ\varphi expansion of Γ(φ)\Gamma(\varphi) up to φ4\varphi^4 [arXiv:1708.01221] (recently extended to φ6\varphi^6 [arXiv:1807.05145]) we now have the complete analytical 4-loop result for the Bloch--Nordsieck field anomalous dimension in QED, and the small-φ\varphi expansion of the 4-loop QED cusp anomalous dimension up to φ6\varphi^6.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1805.05050,
  title  = {Four-loop cusp anomalous dimension in QED},
  author = {Andrey Grozin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.05050},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

9 pages; v2: minor typos fixed; v3: some explanations and 3 references added; v4: QED cusp anomalous dimension extended to $\varphi^6$, comparison with the quark-antiquark potential added, several typos fixed, 3 references added

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