Strong coupling constant from $\tau$ decay within renormalization scheme invariant treatment

Abstract

We extract a numerical value for the strong coupling constant α_s from the τ-lepton decay rate into nonstrange particles. A new feature of our procedure is the explicit use of renormalization scheme invariance in analytical form in order to perform the actual analysis in a particular renormalization scheme. For the reference coupling constant in the \MSsch-scheme we obtain α_s(M_τ)= 0.3184 \pm 0.0060_{exp} which corresponds to \al_s(M_Z)= 0.1184 \pm 0.0007_{exp} \pm 0.0006_{hq mass}. This new numerical value is smaller than the standard value from $\tau$-data quoted in the literature and is closer to \al_s(M_Z)-values obtained from high energy experiments.

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