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`Maximal conformality' does not work
P. M. Stevenson
The so-called "principle of maximal conformality" is ineffective and does nothing to resolve the renormalization-scheme-dependence problem. Some essential facts about that problem…
Optimization for factorized quantities in perturbative QCD
P. M. Stevenson
Perturbative calculations of factorized physical quantities, such as moments of structure functions, suffer from renormalization- and factorization-scheme dependence. The applicati…
The Banks-Zaks expansion in perturbative QCD: an update
P. M. Stevenson
The recent QCD calculations of the five-loop beta function and of R(e+e-) to O(alpha_s^4) provide one more term in the Banks-Zaks expansion in (16.5-nf). There is no longer any hop…
The long-range interaction in massless (lambda Phi^4)_4 theory
P. M. Stevenson
Does massless (lambda Phi^4)_4 theory exhibit spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB)? The raw 1-loop result implies that it does, but the "RG-improved" result implies the opposite. I…
Hydrodynamics of the Vacuum
P. M. Stevenson
Hydrodynamics is the appropriate "effective theory" for describing any fluid medium at sufficiently long length scales. This paper treats the vacuum as such a medium and derives th…
Vacuum Hydrodynamics
P. M. Stevenson
The Higgs vacuum -- with its constant background field -- is not `empty' but is a kind of medium. Any ordinary medium, viewed at sufficiently long length scales, has a hydrodynamic…