Published April 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Issues in Determining αs from Hadronic τ Decay and Electroproduction Data

  • 1. Departament de Física and IFAE, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, D80333 München (Germany)
  • 3. Departament de Física Teòrica and IFIC Universitat de València-CSIC, E-46071 València (Spain)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132 (United States)
  • 5. ICREA, IFAE, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)
  • 6. CSSM, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia 5005 (Australia)
  • 7. Dept. Math and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 (Canada)
  • 8. Departament de Física, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)

Description

We discuss some key issues associated with duality-violating and non-perturbative OPE contributions to the theoretical representations of light quark current-current two-point functions and relevant to precision determinations of αs from hadronic τ decay and electroproduction cross-section data. We demonstrate that analyses with an explicit representation of duality-violating effects are required to bring theoretical errors in such extractions under control, motivating the accompanying paper in these proceedings, which presents the results of such an analysis.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.02.032

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.02.032;
arXiv
arXiv:1112.4202v1;
PII
S0920-5632(12)00049-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
225-227
Journal Page Range
p. 153-156
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
International workshop on e"+e"- collisions from #phi# to #psi#
Acronym
PHIPSI11
Dates
19-22 Sep 2011
Place
Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43112628
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CROSS SECTIONS; D QUARKS; DUALITY; ELECTROPRODUCTION; EXTRACTION; HADRONIC PARTICLE DECAY; U QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUARKS; SEPARATION PROCESSES

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