MEASUREMENT OF ALPHA-S IN HADRONIC Z-DECAYS USING ALL-ORDERS RESUMMED PREDICTIONS

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DECAMP, D
DESCHIZEAUX, B
GOY, C
LEES, JP
MINARD, MN
ALEMANY, R
ARIZTIZABAL, F
COMAS, P
CRESPO, JM
DELFINO, M
FERNANDEZ, E
GAITAN, V
GARRIDO, L
MIR, LM
PACHECO, A
PASCUAL, A
CREANZA, D
DEPALMA, M
FARILLA, A
IASELLI, G
MAGGI, G
MAGGI, M
NATALI, S
NUZZO, S
QUATTROMINI, M
RANIERI, A
RASO, G
ROMANO, F
RUGGIERI, F
SELVAGGI, G
SILVESTRIS, L
TEMPESTA, P
ZITO, G
GAO, Y
HU, H
HUANG, D
HUANG, X
LIN, J
LOU, J
QIAO, C
WANG, T
XIE, Y
XU, D
XU, R
ZHANG, J
ZHAO, W
ATWOOD, WB
BAUERDICK, LAT
BLUCHER, E
BONVICINI, G
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,CNRS,IN2P3,PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES LAB,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[2] UNIV EDINBURGH,DEPT PHYS,EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
[3] UNIV FLORENCE,INFN,SEZ FIRENZE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
[4] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[5] UNIV GLASGOW,GLASGOW G12 8QQ,SCOTLAND
[6] INFN,LAB NAZL,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[7] UNIV WISCONSIN,DEPT PHYS,MADISON,WI 53706
[8] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[9] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[10] UNIV LONDON,ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL,EGHAM TW20 0EX,SURREY,ENGLAND
[11] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DEPT PARTICLE PHYS,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[12] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[13] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[14] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED,DEPT PHYS,LONDON SW7 2BZ,ENGLAND
[15] UNIV INNSBRUCK,INST DAIRY RES,A-6020 INNSBRUCK,AUSTRIA
[16] UNIV LANCASTER,DEPT PHYS,LANCASTER LA1 4YB,ENGLAND
[17] UNIV MAINZ,INST PHYS,W-6500 MAINZ,GERMANY
[18] FAC SCI LUMINY,CTR PHYS PARTICULES,CNRS,IN2P3,F-13288 MARSEILLE,FRANCE
[19] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA,INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES,E-08193 BARCELONA,SPAIN
[20] UNIV BARI,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-70126 BARI,ITALY
[21] INFN,I-70126 BARI,ITALY
[22] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA
[23] CERN,EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[24] UNIV CLERMONT FERRAND,CNRS,IN2P3,PHYS CORPUSC LAB,F-63177 CLERMONT FERRAND,FRANCE
[25] NIELS BOHR INST,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN,DENMARK
[26] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR,ATHENS,GREECE
[27] CENS,DEPT PHYS PARTICULES ELEMENTAIRES,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[28] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ,INST PARTICLE PHYS,SANTA CRUZ,CA 95064
[29] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT PHYS,SHEFFIELD S3 7RH,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[30] UNIV SIEGEN,FACHBEREICH PHYS,W-5900 SIEGEN,GERMANY
[31] UNIV PISA,INFN,DIPARTIMENTO PHYS,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[32] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS,WERNER HEISENBERG,INST PHYS,W-8000 MUNICH 40,GERMANY
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)91942-3
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Using 109 000 hadronic events obtained with the ALEPH detector at LEP at energies close to the Z resonance peak, the strong coupling constant alpha(s) (M(Z)2) is determined from an analysis of the global event shape variables thrust, heavy jet mass and the differential two-jet rate based on the k(T)-clustering scheme. The analysis uses improved theoretical predictions in which leading and next-to-leading logarithms, resummed to all orders, supplement second order expressions. After combining the results from all variables, alpha(s) (M(Z)2) is measured to be 0. 12 5 +/- 0.005, where the error is the quadratic sum of experimental and theoretical uncertainties, and is dominated by the latter.
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