Full Formula for Heavy Quarkonium Energy Levels at Next-to-next-to-next-to-leading Order

Abstract

We derive a full formula for the energy level of a heavy quarkonium state identified by the quantum numbers n, , s and j, up to O(αs5 m) and O(αs5 m αs) in perturbative QCD. The QCD Bethe logarithm is given in a one-parameter integral form. The rest of the formula is given as a combination of rational numbers, transcendental numbers (π, ζ(3), ζ(5)) and finite sums (besides the 3-loop constant a3 of the static potential whose full analytic form is still unknown). A derivation of the formula is given.

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