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Running of the fine structure constant - how exactly?

by frank_k_sheldon@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jun 27, 2008 at 04:32 AM

The fine structure constant alpha is said to be running
with energy as (from various QED textbooks)

1/alpha(E) = 1/alpha - (1/3 pi) ln (E^2/m^2)

where m is the electron mass, ln the natural logarithm,
and alpha without index is 1/137.036.

But many papers mention that at 90 Gev, alpha is around 1/128.
This is in contradiction with the above formula, which would give
a value of around 133 at 90 GeV.

Is the discrepancy due to the fact that the formula
misses the hadronic corrections?

As a result, what value is expected for alpha at
10^19GeV? Where can one look this up?

Frank
 




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Running of the fine structure constant - how exactly?
frank_k_sheldon@[EMAIL PR  2008-06-27 04:32:41 
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"tnlockyer@[EMAIL PR  2008-06-28 08:52:40 
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John C. Polasek <jpola  2008-06-28 21:50:33 
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"tnlockyer@[EMAIL PR  2008-06-29 10:18:28 
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John C. Polasek <jpola  2008-06-29 23:21:34 
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"tnlockyer@[EMAIL PR  2008-07-01 16:39:02 
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"tnlockyer@[EMAIL PR  2008-06-30 09:47:23 
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John C. Polasek <jpola  2008-06-30 19:50:27 
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"tnlockyer@[EMAIL PR  2008-06-30 17:52:41 
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John C. Polasek <jpola  2008-06-30 22:22:11 
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