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Running coupling

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A running coupling is a renormalized coupling regarded as a function of the renormalization scale. Its scale derivative is its beta function.
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The beta function of a coupling g is
β(g)=μdμdg​=dlogμdg​.
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It describes how the running coupling changes when the renormalization scale changes.

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