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Leptons and QCD

Antonio Pich

subject

Nuclear physicsQuantum chromodynamicsPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsMuonAnomalous magnetic dipole momentHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyHadronStrong couplingHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentLeptonStandard Model

description

Three important QCD-related aspects of the τ and μ dynamics are reviewed: the determination of the strong coupling from the hadronic tau decay width, leading to the updated value αs(mτ2)=0.331±0.013; the measurement of |Vus| through the Cabibbo-suppressed decays of the τ, and the Standard Model prediction for the muon anomalous magnetic moment.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.02.013