Update on Quarkonium Spectroscopy and α_(strong) from NRQCD
read the original abstract
NRQCD results for Upsilon and Charmonium using both dynamical and quenched configurations are presented. We investigate dependence on the light dynamical quark mass. Preliminary dynamical ($n_f = 2$) Charmonium data are combined with quenched results to extract the strong coupling constant $\alpha_P^{(n_f)}$ for the physical number of light dynamical quarks, $n_f = 3$. Good agreement is found with calculations based on the Upsilon system. We show that a discrepancy in $\alpha_P^{(n_f=0)}$, found between the Upsilon and Charmonium systems in the quenched theory, disappears upon extrapolating to the physical number of flavors. Results for the strong coupling constant $\alpha_{\overline{MS}}$ are presented and sources of systematic error investigated.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet.
discussion (0)
Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.