Measurement of alpha-s from jet rates in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Collaboration
Oct, 1995
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 363 (1995) 201-216
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Report number:
  • DESY-95-182
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Abstract:
Jet production in deep inelastic scattering for 120<Q 2<3600120<Q~2<3600GeV 2~2 has been studied using data from an integrated luminosity of 3.2pb 1~{-1} collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Jets are identified with the JADE algorithm. A cut on the angular distribution of parton emission in the γ \gamma~*-parton centre-of-mass system minimises the experimental and theoretical uncertainties in the determination of the jet rates. The jet rates, when compared to O{\cal O}(αs\alpha_{s}~2)perturbativeQCDcalculations,allowaprecisedeterminationof) perturbative QCD calculations, allow a precise determination of \alpha_{s}(Q)inthree in three Q~2intervals.Thevaluesareconsistentwitharunningof-intervals. The values are consistent with a running of \alpha_{s}(Q),asexpectedfromQCD.Extrapolatingto, as expected from QCD. Extrapolating to Q=M_{Z~0}yields yields \alpha_{s}(M_{Z~0}) = 0.117\pm0.005(stat)~{+0.004}_{-0.005}(syst_{exp}) {\pm0.007}(syst_{theory})$.
Note:
  • 22 pages, latex, 4 figures appended as uuencoded file Report-no: DESY 95-182
  • electron p: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: electron p
  • positron p: colliding beams
  • colliding beams: positron p
  • electron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • deep inelastic scattering: electron p
  • positron p: deep inelastic scattering
  • deep inelastic scattering: positron p
  • jet: electroproduction
  • electroproduction: jet