STUDY OF THE STRONG-COUPLING CONSTANT USING W-PLUS JET PROCESSES

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作者
ABACHI, S
ABBOTT, B
ABOLINS, M
ACHARYA, BS
ADAM, I
ADAMS, DL
ADAMS, M
AHN, S
AIHARA, H
ALITTI, J
ALVAREZ, G
ALVES, GA
AMIDI, E
AMOS, N
ANDERSON, EW
ARONSON, SH
ASTUR, R
AVERY, RE
BADEN, A
BALAMURALI, V
BALDERSTON, J
BALDIN, B
BANTLY, J
BARTLETT, JF
BAZIZI, K
BENDICH, J
BERI, SB
BERTRAM, I
BEZZUBOV, VA
BHAT, PC
BHATNAGAR, V
BHATTACHARJEE, M
BISCHOFF, A
BISWAS, N
BLAZEY, G
BLESSING, S
BLOOM, P
BOEHNLEIN, A
BOJKO, NI
BORCHERDING, F
BORDERS, J
BOSWELL, C
BRANDT, A
BROCK, R
BROSS, A
BUCHHOLZ, D
BURTOVOI, VS
BUTLER, JM
CARVALHO, W
CASEY, D
机构
[1] UNIV LOS ANDES,BOGOTA,COLOMBIA
[2] UNIV ARIZONA,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[3] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[4] BROWN UNIV,PROVIDENCE,RI 02912
[5] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DAVIS,CA 95616
[6] UNIV CALIF IRVINE,IRVINE,CA 92717
[7] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE,RIVERSIDE,CA 92521
[8] CTR BRASILEIRO PESQUISAS FIS,LAFEX,RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
[9] CTR INVEST & ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS,MEXICO CITY,DF,MEXICO
[10] COLUMBIA UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10027
[11] UNIV DELHI,DELHI 110007,INDIA
[12] UNIV HAWAII,HONOLULU,HI 96822
[13] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[14] UNIV ILLINOIS,CHICAGO,IL 60607
[15] INDIANA UNIV,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[16] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,AMES,IA 50011
[17] KOREA UNIV,SEOUL 136701,SOUTH KOREA
[18] KYUNGSUNG UNIV,PUSAN,SOUTH KOREA
[19] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[20] UNIV MARYLAND,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[21] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[22] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,E LANSING,MI 48824
[23] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,MOSCOW,RUSSIA
[24] UNIV NEBRASKA,LINCOLN,NE 68588
[25] NYU,NEW YORK,NY 10003
[26] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,BOSTON,MA 02115
[27] NO ILLINOIS UNIV,DE KALB,IL 60115
[28] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[29] UNIV NOTRE DAME,NOTRE DAME,IN 46556
[30] UNIV OKLAHOMA,NORMAN,OK 73019
[31] UNIV PANJAB,CHANDIGARH 160014,INDIA
[32] INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,PROTVINO 142284,RUSSIA
[33] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[34] RICE UNIV,HOUSTON,TX 77251
[35] UNIV ESTADUAL RIO DE JANEIRO,RIO JANEIRO,BRAZIL
[36] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[37] CTR ETUD SACLAY,DAPNIA,SERV PHYS PARTICULES,CEA,SACLAY,FRANCE
[38] SEOUL NATL UNIV,SEOUL,SOUTH KOREA
[39] SUNY STONY BROOK,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[40] SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER LAB,DALLAS,TX 75237
[41] TATA INST FUNDAMENTAL RES,BOMBAY 400005,MAHARASHTRA,INDIA
[42] UNIV TEXAS,ARLINGTON,TX 76019
[43] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3226
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The ratio of the number of W + 1 jet to W + 0 jet events is measured with the D0 detector using data from the 1992-93 Tevatron Collider run. For the W --> ev channel with a minimum jet E(T) cutoff of 25 GeV, the experimental ratio is 0.065 +/- 0.O03(stat) +/- 0.007(syst). Next-to-leading order QCD predictions for various parton distributions agree well with each other and are all over 1 standard deviation below the measurement. Varying the strong coupling constant alpha(s) in both the parton distributions and the partonic cross sections simultaneously does not remove this discrepancy.
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页码:3226 / 3231
页数:6
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