Relations between observables and the infrared fixed point in QCD

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 529, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 383-423

  Gardi, Einan ^a   Karliner, Marek ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Banks Zaks expansion; Beta function; Effective charge; Infrared fixed point; Infrared freezing of the strong coupling; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032575840     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00392-7     Document Type: Article

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