QCD Sum Rules and the Determination of Fundamental Parameters
Abstract
We present a new QCD sum rule with high sensitivity to the continuum regions of charm and bottom quark pair production. Combining this sum rule with existing ones yields very stable results for the msbar quark masses, mc(mc)$ and mb (mb). Comparison of our approach with experimental data allows for a robust theoretical error estimate. We have also provided a new evaluation of the lifetime of the tau lepton, serving as a strong constraint on alphas.
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