3 papers
hep-ph2024
QCD Perturbation Theory: It's not what you were taught
P. M. Stevenson
Physical quantities in QCD do not depend upon . There is no way to measure experimentally. If those statements sound shocking, please read on. They are actually we…
hep-ph2023
Brodsky et al's defence does not work
P. M. Stevenson
In their defence of "maximum conformality" methods, Brodsky et al make the astonishing claim that any RG transformation a'=a(1+V_1 a + ...) in QCD must have V_1 proportional to b=(…
hep-th1996
Response to Tarrach's "Mode Dependent Field Renormalization and Trivialty"
M. Consoli, P. M. Stevenson
We respond to Tarrach's criticisms (hep-th/9511034) of our work on lambda Phi^4 theory. Tarrach does not discuss the same renormalization procedure that we do. He also relies on re…