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Applying Optimized Perturbation Theory to QCD at Low Energies

A. C. Mattingly, P. M. Stevenson

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9212231

Abstract

We discuss the use of the optimization procedure based on the Principle of Minimal Sensitivity to the third-order calculation of Re+e-. The effective coupling constant remains finite allowing us to apply the Poggio-Quinn-Weinberg smearing method down to energies below 1 GeV, where we find good agreement between theory and experiment. The couplant freezes to a value of αs/π= 0.26 at zero energy which is in remarkable concordance with values obtained phenomenologically.

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