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Matt McIrvin

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Reparameterization Invariance Revisited

Reparameterization invariance, a symmetry of heavy quark effective theory, appears in different forms in the literature. The most commonly cited forms of the reparameterization transformation are shown to induce the same constraints on operators that do not vanish under the equation of motion to order $1/m^2$, and to be related by a redefinition of the heavy quark field. We give a new, very straightforward proof that that the reparameterization invariance constraints apply to all orders in $α_s$ under matching to full QCD and renormalization-group running, at least up to and including $O(1/m^2)$.

hep-ph

Renormalizing the heavy quark effective field theory Lagrangian to order 1/m^2

The heavy quark effective field theory Lagrangian is renormalized to order 1/m^2. Our technique eliminates operators that vanish by the equation of motion by continuously redefining the heavy quark fields during renormalization. It is consequently only necessary to calculate the running of the operators that do not vanish by the equation of motion. Our results are found to be consistent with reparameterization invariance.

hep-ph