https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00268-w
Regular Article
Pole mass renormalon and its ramifications
Physik Department T31, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
Received:
30
July
2021
Accepted:
3
August
2021
Published online:
26
August
2021
I review the structure of the leading infrared renormalon divergence of the relation between the pole mass and the 
mass of a heavy quark, with applications to the top, bottom and charm quark. That the pole quark mass definition must be abandoned in precision computations is a well-known consequence of the rapidly diverging series. The definitions and physics motivations of several leading renormalon-free, short-distance mass definitions suitable for processes involving nearly on-shell heavy quarks are discussed.
The original online version of this article was revised: In the tables 1 to 3 some values were incorrect and in one sentence the term “equality” is wrong and should have been “inequality”.
A correction to this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00659-7.
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