Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1998-11-25
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
10 pages (Latex), 4 figures (Postscript), 1 style file, to appear in the Proceedings of the IVth International Symposium on Ra
Scientific paper
If QCD is renormalized by minimal subtraction (MS), at higher orders, the strong coupling constant alpha_s and the quark masses m_q exhibit discontinuities at the flavour thresholds, which are controlled by so-called decoupling constants, zeta_g and zeta_m, respectively. Adopting the modified MS (MS-bar) scheme, we derive simple formulae which reduce the calculation of zeta_g and zeta_m to the solution of vacuum integrals. This allows us to evaluate zeta_g and zeta_m through three loops. We also establish low-energy theorems, valid to all orders, which relate the effective couplings of the Higgs boson to gluons and light quarks, due to the virtual presence of a heavy quark h, to the logarithmic derivatives w.r.t. m_h of zeta_g and zeta_m, respectively. We also consider the effective QCD interaction of a CP-odd Higgs boson and verify the Adler-Bardeen nonrenormalization theorem at three loops.
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