QCD Coupling from a Nonperturbative Determination of the Three-Flavor Λ\Lambda Parameter

Collaboration
Jun 12, 2017
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 119 (2017) 10, 102001
  • Published: Sep 8, 2017
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-2017-129,
  • DESY-17-088,
  • WUB-17-03
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Abstract: (APS)
We present a lattice determination of the Λ parameter in three-flavor QCD and the strong coupling at the Z pole mass. Computing the nonperturbative running of the coupling in the range from 0.2 to 70 GeV, and using experimental input values for the masses and decay constants of the pion and the kaon, we obtain ΛMS¯(3)=341(12)  MeV. The nonperturbative running up to very high energies guarantees that systematic effects associated with perturbation theory are well under control. Using the four-loop prediction for ΛMS¯(5)/ΛMS¯(3) yields αMS¯(5)(mZ)=0.11852(84).
Note:
  • Correction in the comparison to the LHC value for alpha(1.5TeV) which was given by CMS in the 5-flavor theory. The agreement is improved. Also 1 Reference added and a few typos corrected
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • strong coupling
  • quantum chromodynamics: Lambda parameter
  • lattice field theory
  • Z0: pole
  • mass: pole
  • nonperturbative
  • perturbation theory
  • lattice
  • numerical calculations