Practical techniques of analytic perturbation theory of QCD

Abstract

The Lambert-W explicit solutions to the QCD renormalization group (RG) equation are considered up to fourth order in the $\overline{MS}$ scheme. We compare, systematically, these solutions with the conventional asymptotical (iterative) approximations and with the exact numerical solutions to the RG equation in the domain with three quark flavours. Applications of these solutions in analytic perturbation theory (APT) are discussed. Using these (Lambert-W, asymptotical and exact numerical) solutions we reconstruct the expansion functions for the non-power APT series in the space- and time-like regions. These expansion functions are examined in the infrared region. It is shown that the Lambert-W solutions provide the excellent accuracy.

15 pages, 1 Postscript Figure, 11 Tables, talk given at the extended seminar at I. Vecua Institute of Applied Mathematics. Tbilisi 22 April 2003. Eq. (12) was corrected

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