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arxiv: 1106.6352 · v1 · pith:MSSVRCFZnew · submitted 2011-06-30 · ✦ hep-ph

Four-loop QCD analysis of the Bjorken sum rule vs data

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keywords four-loopdataaccuracyalphaanalysisbjorkengivesperturbation
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We study the polarized Bjorken sum rule at low momentum transfers in the range $0.22<Q<1.73 {\rm GeV}$ with the four-loop N$^3$LO expression for the coefficient function $C_{\rm Bj}(\alpha_s)$ in the framework of the common QCD perturbation theory (PT) and the singularity-free analytic perturbation theory (APT). The analysis of the PT series for $C_{\rm Bj}(\alpha_s)$ gives a hint to its asymptotic nature manifesting itself in the region $Q<1$ GeV. It relates to the observation that the accuracy of both the three- and four-loop PT predictions happens to be at the same 10% level. On the other hand, the usage of the two-loop APT allows one to describe the precise low energy JLab data down to $Q\sim 300$ MeV and gives a possibility for reliable extraction of the higher twist (HT) corrections. At the same time, above $Q\sim 700$ MeV the APT two-loop order with HT is equivalent to the four-loop PT with HT compatible to zero and is adequate to current accuracy of the data.

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