Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?
Article
Domain Context
Physics
Citation
H. David Politzer. (1973). Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?. Physical Review Letters. 30. pp. 1346–1349.
Why this reference is included
Politzer’s 1973 Reliable Perturbative Results for Strong Interactions?, published in Physical Review Letters, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited in Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 4, Chapter Strong Coupling and Quarks, where the program draws on it in the context of “Gross, Wilczek, and Politzer showed in 1973 that the SU(3) beta function is negative: β(g_s) = -g_s^316π^2(11 - 2N_f3) giving the running coupling: α_s(Q^2) = 12π(33 -….”
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 4Chapter Strong Coupling and Quarks
Gross, Wilczek, and Politzer showed in 1973 that the SU(3) beta function is negative: β(g_s) = -g_s^316π^2(11 - 2N_f3) giving the running coupling: α_s(Q^2) = 12π(33 - 2N_f)(Q^2/Λ_QCD^2) with Λ_QCD ≈ 200 MeV