Bottom quark mass and QCD duality

Abstract The mass of the bottom quark is analyzed in the context of QCD finite energy sum rules. In contrast to the conventional approach, we use a large momentum expansion of the QCD correlator including terms to order αs2(mb2/q2)6 with the upsilon resonances from e+e− annihilation data as main input. A stable result mb(mb)=(4.19±0.05) GeV for the bottom quark mass is obtained. This result agrees with the independent calculations based on the inverse moment analysis.