Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-01-07
Int.J.Mod.Phys. E15 (2006) 571-594
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
19 pages, latex2e, 6 eps figures contained in latex file. Errors corrected in equations (20)--(22)
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218301306004065
Accurate determinations of the MS-bar b-quark mass $m_b(m_b)$ from $\sigma(e^+e^-\to{\rm hadrons})$ experimental data currently contain three comparable sources of uncertainty; the experimental uncertainty from moments of this cross-section, the uncertainty associated with $\alpha_s(M_z)$, and the theoretical uncertainty associated with the renormalization scale. Through resummation of all logarithmic terms explicitly determined in the perturbative series by the renormalization-group (RG) equation, it is shown that the renormalization-scale dependence is virtually eliminated as a source of theoretical uncertainty in $m_b(m_b)$. This resummation also reduces the estimated effect of higher-loop perturbative contributions, further reducing the theoretical uncertainties in $m_b(m_b)$. Furthermore, such resummation techniques improve the agreement between the values of the MS-bar b-quark mass extracted from the various moments of $R(s)=\sigma(e^+e^-\to{\rm hadrons})/\sigma_{pt}$ [$\sigma_{pt}=4\pi\alpha^2/(3s)$], obviating the need to choose an optimummoment for determining $m_b(m_b)$. Resummation techniques are also shown to reduce renormalization-scale dependence in the relation between b-quark MS-bar and pole mass and in the relation between the pole and $1S$ mass.
Ahmady Mohammad R.
Elias Victor
Squires Amgad
Zhang Ailin
~Steele ~G. T.
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