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We have studied the recently completed analytic all-N expressions for the four-loop anomalous dimensions corresponding to the next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order splitting functions for the non-singlet quark distribution in perturbative…
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We present the matching condition for the strong coupling contant alpha_s at a heavy quark threshold to four loops in the modified minimal subtraction scheme. Our results lead to further decrease of the theoretical uncertainty of the…