pQCD running couplings finite and monotonic in the infrared: when do they reflect the holomorphic properties of spacelike observables?

Abstract

We investigate a large class of perturbative QCD (pQCD) renormalization schemes whose beta functions $\beta (a)$ are meromorphic functions of the running coupling and give finite positive value of the coupling $a(Q^2)$ in the infrared regime ("freezing"), $a(Q^2)\to a_0$ for $Q^2\to 0$. Such couplings automatically have no singularities on the positive axis of the squared momenta $Q^2$ ($\equiv -q^2$). Explicit integration of the renormalization group equation (RGE) leads to the implicit (inverted) solution for the coupling, of the form $\ln (Q^2/Q_{\mathrm{in}}^2)=\mathcal{H}(a)$. An analysis of this solution leads us to an algebraic algorithm for the search of the Landau singularities of $a(Q^2)$ on the first Riemann sheet of the complex $Q^2$-plane, i.e., poles and branching points (with cuts) outside the negative semiaxis. We present specific representative examples of the use of such algorithm, and compare the found Landau singularities with those seen after the 2-dimensional numerical integration of the RGE in the entire first Riemann sheet, where the latter approach is numerically demanding and may not always be precise. The specific examples suggest that the presented algebraic approach is useful to find out whether the running pQCD coupling has Landau singularities and, if yes, where precisely these singularities are.

arXiv comment22 pages, 9 figures; v4: minor changes in the text, extended Sec.III, slightly changed input parameter in Sec.IV, additional Fig.9; version published in J. Phys. Commun

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