Four-Loop Decoupling Relations for the Strong Coupling
Authors
Y. Schroder, M. Steinhauser
Abstract
We compute the matching relation for the strong coupling constant within the framework of QCD up to four-loop order. This allows a consistent five-loop running (once the function is available to this order) taking into account threshold effects. As a side product we obtain the effective coupling of a Higgs boson to gluons with five-loop accuracy.
