Analytic approach to perturbative QCD

The two-loop invariant (running) coupling of QCD is written in terms of the Lambert W function. The analyticity structure of the coupling in the complex Q^2-plane is established. The corresponding analytic coupling is reconstructed via a dispersion relation. We also consider some other approximations to the QCD beta-function, when the corresponding couplings are solved in terms of the Lambert function. The Landau gauge gluon propagator has been considered in the renormalization group invariant analytic approach (IAA). It is shown that there is a nonperturbative ambiguity in determination of the anomalous dimension function of the gluon field. Several analytic solutions for the propagator at the one-loop order are constructed. Properties of the obtained analytical solutions are discussed.

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Latex-file, 19 pages, 2 tables, 51 references, to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys.A

quantum chromodynamics
perturbation theory: higher-order
coupling constant
analytic properties
dispersion relation
renormalization group: beta function
gluon: propagator
Landau gauge
numerical calculations
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