Commensurate scale relations and the Abelian correspondence principle

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:666094

Brodsky, S J

Commensurate scale relations are perturbative QCD predictions which relate observable to observable at fixed relative scales, independent of the choice of intermediate renormalization scheme or other theoretical conventions. A prominent example is the generalized Crewther relation which connects the Bjorken and Gross-Llewellyn Smith deep inelastic scattering sum rules to measurements of the e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation cross section. Commensurate scale relations also provide an extension of the standard minimal subtraction scheme which is analytic in the quark masses, has non-ambiguous scale-setting properties, and inherits the physical properties of the effective charge {alpha}{sub V} (Q{sup 2}) defined from the heavy quark potential. The author also discusses a property of perturbation theory, the Abelian correspondence principle, which provides an analytic constraint on non-Abelian gauge theory for N{sub C} {yields} 0.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (US); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515; FG02-93ER40762
• OSTI ID: 666094
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB--7861; CONF-9803118--; ON: DE98059243
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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