Abstract

We present results concerning the non-perturbative evaluation of the ghost-gluon running QCD coupling constant from \$N\_f=2\$ twisted-mass lattice calculations. A novel method for calibrating the lattice spacing, independent of the string tension and hadron spectrum is presented with results in agreement with previous estimates. The value of \$Łambda\_MS\$ is computed from the running of the QCD coupling only after extrapolating to zero dynamical quark mass and after removing a non-perturbative OPE contribution that is assumed to be dominated by the dimension-two \$\VEVA^2\$ gluon condensate. The effect due to the dynamical quark mass in the determination of \$Łams\$ is discussed.

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