Optimal renormalization-group improvement of the perturbative series for the e+e- annihilation cross section

Physical Review D

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Ahmady, M R ^a,b,c   Chishtie, F A ^d   Elias, V ^c,e   Fariborz, A H ^b   McKeon, D G C ^b,c   Sherry, T N ^b,f   Squires, A ^a,b   Steele, T G ^b,c,g  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^e PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POSITRON;

EID: 0037300238     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.034017     Document Type: Article

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