Scheme and gauge dependence of QCD fixed points at five loops

Gracey, JA ORCID: 0000-0002-9101-2853, Mason, RH, Ryttov, Thomas A and Simms, RM (2023) Scheme and gauge dependence of QCD fixed points at five loops. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 108 (4). 045006-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.108.045006

Abstract

We analyze the fixed points of QCD at high loop order in a variety of renormalization schemes and gauges across the conformal window. We observe that in the minimal momentum subtraction scheme solutions for the Banks-Zaks fixed point persist for values of Nf below that of the MS¯ scheme in the canonical linear covariant gauge. By treating the parameter of the linear covariant gauge as a second coupling constant we confirm the existence of a second Banks-Zaks twin critical point, which is infrared stable, to five loops. Moreover a similar and parallel infrared stable fixed point is present in the Curci-Ferrari and maximal Abelian gauges which persists in different schemes including kinematic ones. We verify that with the increased available loop order, critical exponent estimates show an improvement in convergence and agreement in the various schemes.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2023 15:05
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 02:20
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.108.045006
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.045006
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173315