====== TTP02-45 Five-loop vacuum polarization in pQCD: O(m_q^2\alpha_s^4 n_f^2) contribution ====== We present the analytical calculation of the contribution of order m_q^2 \alpha_s^4 n_f^2 to the absorptive part of the vacuum polarization function of vector currents. This term constitutes an important gauge-invariant part of the full O(m_q^2 alpha_s^4) correction to the total cross-section of e^+ e^- annihilation into hadrons. The results are compared to predictions following from various optimization schemes. |**P.A. Baikov, K.G. Chetyrkin and J.H. K\"uhn** | |** Phys.Lett.B 559 245-251 2003 ** | | {{preprints:2002:ttp02-45.pdf|PDF}} {{preprints:2002:ttp02-45.ps|PostScript}} [[http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0212303|arXiv]] | | |