Measurement of alpha-s from the structure of particle clusters produced in hadronic Z decays
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13 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 257 (1991) 479-491
- Published: 1991
Report number:
- CERN-PPE-90-196
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Using 106 000 hadronic events obtained with the ALEPH detector at LEP at energies close to the Z resonance peak, the strong coupling constant α s is measured by an analysis of energy-energy correlations (EEC) and the global event shape variables thrust, C -parameter and oblateness. It is shown that the theoretical uncertainties can be significantly reduced if the final state particles are first combined in clusters using a minimum scaled invariant mass cut, Y cut , before these variables are computed. The combined result from all shape variables of pre-clustered events is α s ( M Z 2 = 0.117±0.005 for a renormalization scale μ= 1 2 M Z . For μ values between M Z and the b-quark mass, the result changes by −0.009 +0.006 .- electron positron: colliding beams
- colliding beams: electron positron
- electron positron: annihilation
- annihilation: electron positron
- Z0: electroproduction
- electroproduction: Z0
- Z0: nonleptonic decay
- nonleptonic decay: Z0
- strong interaction: coupling constant
- coupling constant: strong interaction
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