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beta0QCD

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  99/-! ## Canonical one-loop beta/gamma kernels (Level-B groundwork) -/
 100
 101/-- One-loop QCD beta coefficient in the convention `beta0 = 11 - 2*nf/3`. -/
 102def beta0QCD (nf : ℕ) : ℚ := (11 : ℚ) - (2 : ℚ) * nf / 3
 103
 104/-- Real-valued view of `beta0QCD`. -/
 105def beta0QCDReal (nf : ℕ) : ℝ := (beta0QCD nf : ℝ)
 106
 107/-- One-loop QCD running for `alpha_s`:
 108`d alpha_s / d ln mu = -(beta0/(2*pi)) * alpha_s^2`. -/
 109noncomputable def betaQCD1L (nf : ℕ) (alphaS : ℝ) : ℝ :=
 110  -((beta0QCDReal nf) / (2 * Real.pi)) * alphaS ^ 2
 111
 112/-- One-loop QED running with an effective charge-weight factor.
 113This keeps the kernel explicit while allowing policy-level charge sums. -/
 114noncomputable def betaQED1L (chargeWeight : ℝ) (alpha : ℝ) : ℝ :=
 115  (chargeWeight / (3 * Real.pi)) * alpha ^ 2
 116
 117/-- Minimal one-loop mass anomalous-dimension scaffold for QCD.
 118The exact scheme-dependent higher-loop expression is left to Level-B extensions. -/
 119noncomputable def gammaMassQCD1L (alphaS : ℝ) : ℝ :=
 120  (2 / Real.pi) * alphaS
 121
 122/-- Minimal one-loop mass anomalous-dimension scaffold for QED. -/
 123noncomputable def gammaMassQED1L (chargeSq : ℝ) (alpha : ℝ) : ℝ :=
 124  (3 * chargeSq / (4 * Real.pi)) * alpha
 125
 126theorem beta0QCD_nf0 : beta0QCD 0 = 11 := by
 127  norm_num [beta0QCD]
 128
 129theorem beta0QCD_asymp_free (nf : ℕ) (hnf : nf ≤ 16) : 0 < beta0QCD nf := by
 130  unfold beta0QCD
 131  have hnfQ : (nf : ℚ) ≤ 16 := by
 132    exact_mod_cast hnf