AN IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA-S (MZ0) USING ENERGY CORRELATIONS WITH THE OPAL DETECTOR AT LEP

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作者
ACTON, PD
ALEXANDER, G
ALLISON, J
ALLPORT, PP
ANDERSON, KJ
ARCELLI, S
ASHTON, P
ASTBURY, A
AXEN, D
AZUELOS, G
BAHAN, GA
BAINES, JTM
BALL, AH
BANKS, J
BARKER, GJ
BARLOW, RJ
BATLEY, JR
BEAUDOIN, G
BECK, A
BECKER, J
BEHNKE, T
BELL, KW
BELLA, G
BERLICH, P
BETHKE, S
BIEBEL, O
BINDER, U
BLOODWORTH, IJ
BOCK, P
BODEN, B
BOSCH, HM
BOUGEROLLE, S
BRABSON, BB
BREUKER, H
BROWN, RM
BRUN, R
BUIJS, A
BURCKHART, HJ
CAPILUPPI, P
CARNEGIE, RK
CARTER, AA
CARTER, JR
CHANG, CY
CHARLTON, DG
CLARKE, PEL
COHEN, I
COLLINS, WJ
CONBOY, JE
COOPER, M
COUCH, M
机构
[1] TEL AVIV UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, IL-69978 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
[2] UNIV MANCHESTER, SCHUSTER LAB, DEPT PHYS, MANCHESTER M13 9PL, LANCS, ENGLAND
[3] UNIV CAMBRIDGE, CAVENDISH LAB, CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE, ENGLAND
[4] UNIV CHICAGO, ENRICO FERMI INST, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[5] UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT PHYS, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[6] UNIV BOLOGNA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[7] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[8] UNIV MONTREAL, PHYS NUCL LAB, MONTREAL H3C 3J7, QUEBEC, CANADA
[9] UNIV MARYLAND, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, COLLEGE PK, MD 20742 USA
[10] UNIV LONDON, QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL, LONDON E1 4NS, ENGLAND
[11] UNIV FREIBURG, FAK PHYS, W-7800 FREIBURG, GERMANY
[12] UNIV HAMBURG, DESY, INST EXPTL PHYS 2, W-2000 HAMBURG 52, GERMANY
[13] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[14] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST PHYS, W-6900 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[15] UNIV BONN, INST PHYS, W-5300 BONN 1, GERMANY
[16] UNIV BIRMINGHAM, SCH PHYS & SPACE RES, BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT, W MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
[17] INDIANA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[18] CERN, EUROPEAN ORG PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[19] CARLETON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, OTTAWA K1S 5B6, ONTARIO, CANADA
[20] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND
[21] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, IL-32000 HAIFA, ISRAEL
[22] UNIV LONDON BIRKBECK COLL, LONDON WC1E 7HV, ENGLAND
[23] CENS, DPHPE, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[24] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE, DEPT PHYS, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521 USA
[25] CARLETON UNIV, CTR RES PARTICLE PHYS, OTTAWA K1S 5B6, ONTARIO, CANADA
[26] WEIZMANN INST SCI, DEPT NUCL PHYS, IL-76100 REHOVOT, ISRAEL
[27] UNIV TOKYO, INST CTR ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[28] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
[29] KOBE UNIV, KOBE 657, JAPAN
[30] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA, HERZBERG INST ASTROPHYS, OTTAWA K1A 0R6, ONTARIO, CANADA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(92)91681-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report on an improved measurement of the value of the strong coupling constant sigma(s) at the Z0 peak, using the asymmetry of the energy-energy correlation function. The analysis, based on second-order perturbation theory and a data sample of about 145 000 multihadronic Z0 decays, yields alpha(s)(M(z0)) = 0.118 +/- 0.001 (stat.) +/- 0.003 (exp. syst.)-0.004(+0.009)(theor. syst.), where the theoretical systematic error accounts for uncertainties due to hadronization, the choice of the renormalization scale and unknown higher-order terms. We adjust the parameters of a second-order matrix element Monte Carlo followed by string hadronization to best describe the energy correlation and other hadronic Z0 decay data. The as result obtained from this second-order Monte Carlo is found to be unreliable if values of the renormalization scale smaller than about 0.15 E(cm) are used in the generator.
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