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Renormalization scheme uncertainties in the next-next-to-leading order QCD predictions are discussed. To obtain an estimate of these uncertainties it is proposed to compare predictions in all schemes that do not have unnaturally large expansion coefficients. A concrete prescription for eliminating the unnatural schemes is given, based on the requirement that large cancellations in the expression for the characteristic renormalization scheme invariant should be avoided. As an example the QCD corrections to the Bjorken sum rule are considered. The importance of the next-next-to-leading order corrections for a proper evaluation of perturbative QCD predictions is emphasized.
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Rączka, P.A. Renormalization scheme dependence and the problem of theoretical uncertainties in next-next-to-leading order QCD predictions. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 65, 481–486 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556136
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