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Perturbative QCD fitting of KEDR and BESIII $e^+e^-$ data for R(s) and $\alpha_s$ determination

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

Abstract

The experimental data collected by KEDR and BESIII collaborations at the energies below charm quark thresholds are compared with the QCD expressions for the e+ee^+e^- annihilation R-ratio truncated at different orders of perturbation theory. The fits demonstrate the dependence of the extracted αs(MZ)\alpha_s(M_Z) values from orders of the truncation of the corresponding approximations. The next-to-leading order, next-to-next-to-leading order and next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order fits of the combined KEDR data and BESIII data , truncated at the mass scale of J/ΨJ/\Psi meson, give the following results αs(MZ)=0.11790.0069+0.0051\alpha_s(M_Z)= 0.1179^{+0.0051}_{-0.0069},αs(MZ)=0.12210.0080+0.0063\alpha_s(M_Z)=0.1221^{+0.0063}_{-0.0080} and αs(MZ)=0.13120.0067+0.0027\alpha_s(M_Z)=0.1312^{+0.0027}_{-0.0067}. The subjects related to the applications of the fixed orders of perturbation theory expansions and careful treatment of the analytical continuation effects are commented.

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@article{arxiv.2603.29803,
  title  = {Perturbative QCD fitting of KEDR and BESIII $e^+e^-$ data for R(s) and $\alpha_s$ determination},
  author = {A. L. Kataev and K. Yu. Todyshev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.29803},
  year   = {2026}
}

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