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消除QCD重整化能标与方案的不确定性

Elimination of QCD Renormalization Scale and Scheme Ambiguities

Sheng-Quan Wang, Stanley J. Brodsky, Xing-Gang Wu, Jian-Ming Shen, Leonardo Di Giustino

AI总结:

针对微扰QCD中重整化能标设定带来的理论不确定性问题,本文介绍了满足重整化群不变性的最大共形性原理(PMC),总结其在多种物理过程的应用及高阶项贡献估算,验证了该方法消除能标与方案不确定性、提升预言精度的普适性。

摘要:

在微扰QCD(pQCD)中,重整化能标($μ_r$)的设定是获得高精度固定阶pQCD预言的关键问题之一。传统做法是将其取值设为给定过程中的典型动量转移$Q$,随后通过在任意范围内变动该能标来评估理论不确定性。这种传统的能标设定流程会在固定阶pQCD预言中引入任意的方案与能标不确定性。最大共形性原理(PMC)提供了一种消除重整化方案与能标不确定性的系统方法。PMC方法具有严谨的理论基础,满足重整化群不变性(RGI)以及所有由重整化群推导得出的自洽条件。目前PMC已成功应用于多种物理过程。本文总结了近期的PMC应用,包括$e^+e^-$湮灭中的事件形状观测量、阈区附近的重夸克对产生,以及强子对撞机上的顶夸克衰变。此外,还总结了对未计算的高阶项相关贡献的估算。这些结果表明,由$μ_r$的不同选择导致的主要理论不确定性被消除,从而得到了改进的pQCD预言,证明了PMC的普适性与适用性。

英文摘要:

The setting of the renormalization scale ($μ_r$) in the perturbative QCD (pQCD) is one of the crucial problems for achieving precise fixed-order pQCD predictions. The conventional prescription is to take its value as the typical momentum transfer $Q$ in a given process, and theoretical uncertainties are then evaluated by varying it over an arbitrary range. The conventional scale-setting procedure introduces arbitrary scheme-and-scale ambiguities in fixed-order pQCD predictions. The principle of maximum conformality (PMC) provides a systematic way to eliminate the renormalization scheme-and-scale ambiguities. The PMC method has rigorous theoretical foundations; it satisfies the renormalization group invariance (RGI) and all of the self-consistency conditions derived from the renormalization group. The PMC has now been successfully applied to many physical processes. In this paper, we summarize recent PMC applications, including event shape observables and heavy quark pair production near the threshold region in $e^+e^-$ annihilation and top-quark decay at hadronic colliders. In addition, estimating the contributions related to the uncalculated higher-order terms is also summarized. These results show that the major theoretical uncertainties caused by different choices of $μ_r$ are eliminated, and the improved pQCD predictions are thus obtained, demonstrating the generality and applicability of the PMC.

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