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QCD Perturbation Theory at Low Energies

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We apply the optimization procedure based on the Principle of Minimal Sensitivity to the third-order calculation of R\R. The effective couplant remains finite, freezing to a value αs/π=0.26\alpha_s/\pi = 0.26 at low energies. Using Poggio-Quinn-Weinberg smearing we find good agreement between theory and experiment right down to zero energy.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9207228,
  title  = {QCD Perturbation Theory at Low Energies},
  author = {A. C. Mattingly and P. M. Stevenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9207228},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages including 3 Postscript Figures using Epsf.tex, LaTex