The static potential in QCD — a full two-loop calculation Original Research Article

A full analytic calculation of the two-loop diagrams contributing to the static potential in QCD is presented in detail. Using a renormalization group improvement, the “three-loop” potential in momentum space is thus derived and the third coefficient of the β-function for the V-scheme is given. The Fourier transformation to position space is then performed, and the result is briefly discussed.