A Measurement of the total cross-section for e+ e- ---> hadrons at s**(1/2) = 10.52-GeV

Collaboration
Jul, 1997
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 57 (1998) 1350-1358
e-Print:
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-9765,
  • CLNS-97-1493,
  • CLEO-97-14
Experiments:
  • CESR-CLEO-II

Citations per year

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Abstract:
Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have made a measurement of R=sigma(e+e- ->hadrons)/sigma(e+e- ->mu+mu-) =3.56+/-0.01+/-0.07 at ECM=10.52 GeV. This implies a value for the strong coupling constant of alpha_s(10.52 GeV)=0.20+/-0.01+/-0.06, or alpha_s(M_Z)=0.13+/-0.005+/-0.03.
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation
  • hadron: multiple production
  • cross section: hadronic
  • strong interaction: coupling constant
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • CLEO
  • experimental results
  • Cornell CESR Stor
  • 10.52 GeV-cms