The strong coupling constant from lattice QCD with N_f=2 dynamical quarks

A.C. Irving; B. Joo; D. Pleiter; G. Schierholz; H. St\"uben; M. G\"ockeler; P.E.L. Rakow; R. Horsley; S. Booth; S. Pickles

arxiv: hep-lat/0111006 · v2 · submitted 2001-11-05 · ✦ hep-lat · hep-ph

The strong coupling constant from lattice QCD with N_f=2 dynamical quarks

S. Booth , M. G\"ockeler , R. Horsley , A.C. Irving , B. Joo , S. Pickles , D. Pleiter , P.E.L. Rakow

show 3 more authors

G. Schierholz Z. Sroczynski H. St\"uben

This is my paper

classification ✦ hep-lat hep-ph

keywords dynamicallatticequarkscalculationcomputeconstantconvertcoupling

0 comments

read the original abstract

We compute $\Lambda_{\bar{MS}}$ for two flavors of light dynamical quarks using non-perturbatively $O(a)$ improved Wilson fermions. We improve on a recent calculation by employing Pad\'e-improved two-loop and three-loop perturbation theory to convert the lattice numbers to the $\bar{MS}$ scheme.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

The strong coupling constant from lattice QCD with N_f=2 dynamical quarks

discussion (0)