A measurement of the QCD colour factors and a limit on the light gluino

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作者
Barate, R
Buskulic, D
Decamp, D
Ghez, P
Goy, C
Lees, JP
Lucotte, A
Minard, MN
Nief, JY
Odier, P
Pietrzyk, B
Casado, MP
Chmeissani, M
Comas, P
Crespo, JM
Delfino, M
Fernandez, E
FernandezBosman, M
Garrido, L
Juste, A
Martinez, M
Miquel, R
Mir, LM
Orteu, S
Padilla, C
Park, IC
Pascual, A
Perlas, JA
Riu, I
Sanchez, F
Teubert, F
Colaleo, A
Creanza, D
dePalma, M
Gelao, G
Iaselli, G
Maggi, G
Maggi, R
Marinelli, N
Nuzzo, S
Ranieri, A
Raso, G
Ruggieri, F
Selvaggi, G
Silvestris, L
Tempesta, P
Tricomi, A
Zito, G
Huang, X
Lin, J
机构
[1] UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA, INST FIS ALTES ENERGIES, E-08193 BELLATERRA, BARCELONA, SPAIN
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ BARI, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] ACAD SINICA, INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS, BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA
[4] CERN, EUROPEAN LAB PARTICLE PHYS, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
[5] NIELS BOHR INST, DK-2100 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
[6] DEMOCRITOS NUCL RES CTR, ATHENS, GREECE
[7] ECOLE POLYTECH, LAB PHYS NUCL & HAUTES ENERGIES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91128 PALAISEAU, FRANCE
[8] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT PHYS, EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
[9] UNIV FLORENCE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ FIRENZE, I-50125 FLORENCE, ITALY
[10] FLORIDA STATE UNIV, SUPERCOMP COMPUTAT RES INST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306 USA
[11] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
[12] UNIV GLASGOW, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, GLASGOW G12 8QQ, LANARK, SCOTLAND
[13] UNIV HEIDELBERG, INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[14] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED, DEPT PHYS, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
[15] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST EXPT PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
[16] UNIV LANCASTER, DEPT PHYS, LANCASTER LA1 4YB, ENGLAND
[17] UNIV MAINZ, INST PHYS, D-55099 MAINZ, GERMANY
[18] FAC SCI LUMINY, CTR PHYS PARTICULES, IN2P3, CNRS, F-13288 MARSEILLE, FRANCE
[19] UNIV MILAN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[20] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ MILANO, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[21] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS, WERNER HEISENBERG INST PHYS, D-80805 MUNICH, GERMANY
[22] UNIV PARIS 11, ACCELERATEUR LINEAIRE LAB, IN2P3, CNRS, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[23] UNIV PISA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[24] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[25] UNIV LONDON ROYAL HOLLOWAY & BEDFORD NEW COLL, DEPT PHYS, SURREY TW20 0EX, ENGLAND
[26] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DEPT PARTICLE PHYS, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[27] CTR ETUD SACLAY, CEA, DAPNIA, SERV PHYS PARTICULES, F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE
[28] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ, INST PARTICLE PHYS, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064 USA
[29] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT PHYS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[30] UNIV GESAMTHSCH SIEGEN, FACHBEREICH PHYS, D-57068 SIEGEN, GERMANY
[31] UNIV TRIESTE, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[32] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, SEZ TRIESTE, I-34127 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] UNIV WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA 98195 USA
[34] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT PHYS, MADISON, WI 53706 USA
[35] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, SEZ CATANIA, I-95129 CATANIA, ITALY
[36] UNIV TURIN, IST FIS GEN, TURIN, ITALY
[37] CNR, IST COSMOGEOFIS, I-10133 TURIN, ITALY
[38] KANGNUNG NATL UNIV, KANGNUNG, SOUTH KOREA
[39] SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIV, DEPT CHEM, SUWON 440746, SOUTH KOREA
[40] UNIV SASSARI, IST MATEMAT & FIS, I-07100 SASSARI, ITALY
来源
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1997年 / 76卷 / 01期
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1007/s002880050522
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Using data collected from 1992 to 1995 with the ALEPH detector at LEP, a measurement of the colour factor ratios C-A/C-F and T-F/C-F and the strong coupling constant <(alpha)over bar (s)> = C-F alpha(s), (M-Z)/(2 pi) has been performed by fitting theoretical predictions simultaneously to the measured differential two-jet rate and angular distributions in four-jet events. The result is found to be in excellent agreement with QCD. C-A/C-F = 2.20 +/- 0.09 (stat) +/- 0.13 (syst), T-F/C-F = 0.29 +/- 0.05 (stat) +/- 0.06 (syst). Fixing C-A/C-F and T-F/C-F to the QCD values permits a determination of alpha(s) (M-Z) and n(f), the number of active flavours. With this measurement the existence of a gluino with mass below 6.3 GeV/c(2) is excluded at 95% confidence level.
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