Abstract
The momentum-subtraction coupling constant ..cap alpha../sub MOM/ yields consistently smaller one-loop corrections to many quantum-chromodynamics (QCD) processes than the minimal-subtraction couplings ..cap alpha../sub MS/ and ..cap alpha../sub M/S. By shifting the renormalization scale ..mu.. of ..cap alpha../sub MS/(..mu..), we obtain a minimal-subtraction coupling with the same small one-loop corrections. It is shown, by studying the effective charges of QCD, that at two-loop order this coupling constant will continue to yield corrections to physical quantities that are comparable to those obtained by momentum subtraction. We also introduce a momentum-subtraction scheme which treats the triple-gluon, quark, and ghost vertices equally at one-loop order and is more convenient for higher-order calculations than the MOM scheme.
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