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On the QCD coupling behavior in the infrared region

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The summary of nonperturbative results for the QCD invariant coupling bar{alpha}_s obtained by lattice simulations for functional integral and by solution of approximate Dyson--Schwinger equations reveals a puzzling variety of IR behavior of bar{alpha}_s(Q^2) even on a qualitative level. This, in turn, rises a question of correspondence between the results obtained so far by different groups. We analyze this issue in terms of mass-dependent coupling constant transformations and conclude that the question of the IR behavior of effective QCD coupling and of propagators is not a well--defined one and needs to be more specified.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0208082,
  title  = {On the QCD coupling behavior in the infrared region},
  author = {D. V. Shirkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0208082},
  year   = {2007}
}

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14 pages, LaTeX2e; To appear in TMP vol.132, No 3 (Sept.2002)

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