ENERGY CORRELATIONS IN ELECTRON-POSITRON ANNIHILATION - TESTING QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS

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作者
BASHAM, CL
BROWN, LS
ELLIS, SD
LOVE, ST
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.1585
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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An experimental measure is presented for a precise test of quantum chromodynamics. This measure involves the asymmetry in the energy-weighted opening angles of the jets of hadrons produced in the process e+e-hadrons at energy W. It is special for several reasons: It is reliably calculable in asymptotically free perturbation theory; it has rapidly vanishing (order 1W2) corrections due to nonperturbative confinement effects; and it is straightforward to determine experimentally. © 1978 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1585 / 1588
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