Using 106000 hadronic events obtained with the ALEPH detector at LEP at energies close to the Z resonance peak, the strong coupling constant alfa_s is measured by an analysis of energy-energy correlations (EEC) and the global event shape variables thrust, C-parameter and oblateness. It is shown that the theoretical uncertainties can be significantly reduced if the final state particles are first combined in clusters using a minimum scaled invariant mass cut, y cut, before these variables are computed. The combined result from all shape variables of pre-clustered events is alfa_s(( M_Z)^2)=0.117 +/- 0.005 for a renormalization scale mu=1/2M_Z. For mu values between M_Z and the b-quark mass, the result changes by -0.009 +0.006.
Measurement of alfa_s from the structure of particle clusters produced in hadronic Z decays
BATIGNANI, GIOVANNI;CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;FERRANTE, ISIDORO;FIDECARO, FRANCESCO;FORTI, FRANCESCO;GIORGI, MARCELLO;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;TRIGGIANI, GIUSEPPE;
1991-01-01
Abstract
Using 106000 hadronic events obtained with the ALEPH detector at LEP at energies close to the Z resonance peak, the strong coupling constant alfa_s is measured by an analysis of energy-energy correlations (EEC) and the global event shape variables thrust, C-parameter and oblateness. It is shown that the theoretical uncertainties can be significantly reduced if the final state particles are first combined in clusters using a minimum scaled invariant mass cut, y cut, before these variables are computed. The combined result from all shape variables of pre-clustered events is alfa_s(( M_Z)^2)=0.117 +/- 0.005 for a renormalization scale mu=1/2M_Z. For mu values between M_Z and the b-quark mass, the result changes by -0.009 +0.006.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.