Measurement of the Strong Coupling alpha s from Four-Jet Observables in e+e- Annihilation

dc.creatorThe OPAL Collaboration
dc.creatorAbbiendi, G.
dc.date2006-01-31
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dc.descriptionData from e+e- annihilation into hadrons at centre-of-mass energies between 91 GeV and 209 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, are used to study the four-jet rate as a function of the Durham algorithm resolution parameter ycut. The four-jet rate is compared to next-to-leading order calculations that include the resummation of large logarithms. The strong coupling measured from the four-jet rate is alphas(Mz0)= 0.1182+-0.0003(stat.)+-0.0015(exp.)+-0.0011(had.)+-0.0012(scale)+-0.0013(mass) in agreement with the world average. Next-to-leading order fits to the D-parameter and thrust minor event-shape observables are also performed for the first time. We find consistent results, but with significantly larger theoretical uncertainties.
dc.description25 pages, 15 figures, Submitted to Euro. Phys. J. C
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0601048
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0601048
dc.identifierEur.Phys.J.C47:295-307,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epjc/s2006-02581-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/214483
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of the Strong Coupling alpha s from Four-Jet Observables in e+e- Annihilation
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