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  2. Coupling constant - Wikipedia

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    Hence, the actual value of the coupling constant is only defined at a given energy scale. In QCD, the Z boson mass scale is typically chosen, providing a value of the strong coupling constant of α s (M Z 2) = 0.1179 ± 0.0010. [7] In 2023 Atlas measured α s (M Z 2) = 0.1183 ± 0.0009 the most precise so far.

  3. Beta function (physics) - Wikipedia

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    written in terms of the fine structure constant in natural units, α = e 2 /4π. [2] This beta function tells us that the coupling increases with increasing energy scale, and QED becomes strongly coupled at high energy. In fact, the coupling apparently becomes infinite at some finite energy, resulting in a Landau pole. However, one cannot ...

  4. Gauge theory - Wikipedia

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    The scale anomaly, which gives rise to a running coupling constant. In QED this gives rise to the phenomenon of the Landau pole. In quantum chromodynamics (QCD) this leads to asymptotic freedom. The chiral anomaly in either chiral or vector field theories with fermions. This has close connection with topology through the notion of instantons.

  5. Quantum electrodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Because the theory is "sick" for any negative value of the coupling constant, the series does not converge but is at best an asymptotic series. From a modern perspective, we say that QED is not well defined as a quantum field theory to arbitrarily high energy. [30] The coupling constant runs to infinity at finite energy, signalling a Landau pole.

  6. Dyson series - Wikipedia

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    This series diverges asymptotically, but in quantum electrodynamics (QED) at the second order the difference from experimental data is in the order of 10 −10. This close agreement holds because the coupling constant (also known as the fine-structure constant) of QED is much less than 1. [clarification needed]

  7. Renormalization group - Wikipedia

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    Conformal symmetry is associated with the vanishing of the beta function. This can occur naturally if a coupling constant is attracted, by running, toward a fixed point at which β(g) = 0. In QCD, the fixed point occurs at short distances where g → 0 and is called a ultraviolet fixed point.

  8. Quantum field theory - Wikipedia

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    The coupling constant in QED is the fine-structure constant α ≈ 1/137, which is small enough that only the simplest, lowest order, Feynman diagrams need to be considered in realistic calculations. In contrast, the coupling constant in the strong interaction is roughly of the order of one, making complicated, higher order, Feynman diagrams ...

  9. List of dimensionless quantities - Wikipedia

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    Coefficient of static friction: mechanics (friction of solid bodies at rest) Föppl–von Kármán number = August Föppl and Theodore von Kármán: virology, solid mechanics (thin-shell buckling) Rockwell scale –