Strong coupling from the QCD static energy
Abstract
We review the determination of αs that follows from comparing at short distances the QCD static energy at three loops and resummation of the next-to-next-to leading logarithms with its determination in 2+1-flavor lattice QCD provided by the HotQCD collaboration. The result that we obtain is αs(1.5 GeV) = 0.336+0.012−0.008, corresponding to αs(MZ) = 0.1166+0.0012−0.0008. We outline future possible developments.