Renormalization scheme dependence and renormalization group summation

摘要

We consider logarithmic contributions to the free energy, instanton effective action, and Laplace sum rules in QCD that are a consequence of radiative corrections. Upon summing these contributions by using the renormalization group, all dependence on the renormalization scale parameter mu cancels. The renormalization scheme dependence in these processes is examined, and a renormalization scheme is found in which the effect of higher-order radiative corrections is absorbed by the behaviour of the running coupling.