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Running of $\alpha_s$ and $m_b$ in the MSSM

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

A consistent evolution of the strong coupling constant αs\alpha_s from MZM_Z to the GUT scale is presented, involving three-loop running and two-loop decoupling. The two-loop transition from the MS- to the DR-scheme is properly taken into account. In the second part of the paper, the bottom quark mass in the DR-scheme at the electroweak/SUSY scale is evaluated with four-loop accuracy. We find that the three-loop effects are comparable to the experimental uncertainty both for αs\alpha_s and mbm_b.

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@article{arxiv.0706.2953,
  title  = {Running of $\alpha_s$ and $m_b$ in the MSSM},
  author = {R. V. Harlander and L. Mihaila and M. Steinhauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.2953},
  year   = {2008}
}

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19 pages, 4 figures,references added