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)(s) = (C-F x 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.
A measurement of the QCD colour factors and a limit on the light gluino
G. Batignani;CIOCCI, MARIA AGNESE;FERRANTE, ISIDORO;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;
1997-01-01
Abstract
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)(s) = (C-F x 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.