Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2006-07-19
Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys.58:387-438,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
75 pages, 8 figures. Corrected typos, added references, replaced 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Progress in Particle an
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.ppnp.2006.09.001
We try to review the main current ideas and points of view on the running coupling constant in QCD. We begin by recalling briefly the classic analysis based on the Renormalization Group with some emphasis on the exact solutions of the RG equation for a given number of loops, in comparison with the usual approximate expressions. We give particular attention to the problem of eliminating the unphysical Landau singularities, and of defining a coupling that remains significant at the infrared scales. We consider various proposals of couplings directly related to the quark-antiquark potential or to other physical quantities (effective charges) and discuss optimization in the choice of the scale parameter and of the RS. Our main focus is, however, on dispersive methods, their application, their relation with non-perturbative effects. We try also to summarize the main results obtained by Lattice simulations in various MOM schemes. We conclude briefly recalling the traditional comparison with the experimental data.
Prosperi G. M.
Raciti M.
Simolo Claudia
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