Quantum Chromodynamics Sum Rules

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Cesareo A. Dominguez

Quantum Chromodynamics Sum Rules

SpringerBriefs in Physics Series editors B. Ananthanarayan, Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Egor Babaev, Amherst, MA, USA Malcolm Bremer, Bristol, UK Xavier Calmet, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Francesca Di Lodovico, London, UK Pablo D. Esquinazi, Institute for Experimental Physics II, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Maarten Hoogerland, Auckland, New Zealand Eric Le Ru, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand Hans-Joachim Lewerenz, Pasadena, CA, USA James Overduin, Towson, MD, USA Vesselin Petkov, Montreal, QC, Canada Charles H.-T. Wang, Department of Physics, The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Andrew Whitaker, Belfast, UK Stefan Theisen, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphys, Potsdam, Germany

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Cesareo A. Dominguez

Quantum Chromodynamics Sum Rules

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Cesareo A. Dominguez Centre for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Department of Physics University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

ISSN 2191-5423 ISSN 2191-5431 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Physics ISBN 978-3-319-97721-8 ISBN 978-3-319-97722-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97722-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018949890 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To Pavel Baikov, Konstantin Chetyrkin, and Johann Kühn for obtaining higher order QCD results allowing for precision determinations from QCD Sum Rules

Preface

This book is intended for readers with a good knowledge of quantum field theory, in