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Title: Strong coupling constant from vacuum polarization functions in three-flavor lattice QCD with dynamical overlap fermions

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

We determine the strong coupling constant {alpha}{sub s} from a lattice calculation of vacuum polarization functions (VPF) in three-flavor QCD with dynamical overlap fermions. Fitting lattice data of VPF to the continuum perturbative formula including the operator product expansion, we extract the QCD scale parameter {Lambda}{sub MS}{sup -(3)}. At the Z boson mass scale, we obtain {alpha}{sub s}{sup (5)}(M{sub z}) = 0.1181(3)(+14/-12), where the first error is statistical and the second is our estimate of various systematic uncertainties.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1001333
Report Number(s):
BNL-94475-2010-JA; ISSN 1550-2368; PRVDAQ; R&D Project: PO-3; TRN: US1100339
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 82, Issue 7; ISSN 1550-7998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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