Dimensional Reduction applied to QCD at three loops

Abstract

Dimensional Reduction is applied to \qcd{} in order to compute various renormalization constants in the \drbar{} scheme at higher orders in perturbation theory. In particular, the $β$ function and the anomalous dimension of the quark masses are derived to three-loop order. Special emphasis is put on the proper treatment of the so-called $ε$-scalars and the additional couplings which have to be considered.

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