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Precise αs determination from charmonium sum rules

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Diogo Boito *
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Vicent Mateu *
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135482delete
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Abstract

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The strong coupling, alpha(s), governs perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and is one of the free parameters of the Standard Model. We introduce a new method that allows a precise extraction of alpha(s)(m(Z)) from dimensionless ratios of roots of moments of the charm-quark vector correlator. The ratios we use in our analysis have a rather weak logarithmic quark-mass dependence, starting at O(alpha(2)(s)), and can be obtained from experimental data with good precision, since they benefit from positive correlations among the individual experimentally determined moments. We perform a careful and conservative error analysis with special emphasis on uncertainties related to the truncation of perturbation theory, treating the renormalization scales such as to ensure order-by-order convergence. Our final result, with expressions at O(alpha(3)(s)), is alpha(s)(m(Z)) = 0.1168 +/- 0.0019. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
Keywords:
QUARK CURRENT CORRELATORS
TOTAL CROSS-SECTION
E(+)E(-) ANNIHILATION
ENERGIES
PHYSICS
QCD

Journal

Physics Letters B cover
Physics Letters B
IF:
4.5
Papers:
3.2W
Citations:
7.3W

Organization

U
universidade de sao paulo
Scholars:
10.5W
Papers: 6.7W
Citations: 93
U
University of Salamanca
Scholars:
1.1W
Papers: 8.0K
Citations: 9