Recent Tests of QCD at SLD
| dc.creator | Muller, D. | |
| dc.date | 1999-09-27 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:02:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:02:35Z | |
| dc.description | We present selected results on strong interaction physics from the SLD experiment at the SLAC Linear Collider. We report on several new studies of 3- and 4-jet hadronic Z decays, in which jets are identified as quark, antiquark or gluon. The 3-jet Z^0->b\bar{b}g rate is sensitive to the b-quark mass; prospects for measuring m_b are discussed. The gluon energy spectrum is measured over the full kinematic range, providing an improved test of QCD and limits on anomalous bbg couplings. The parity violation in Z^0->b\bar{b}g decays is consistent with electroweak theory plus QCD. New tests of T- and CP-conservation at the bbg vertex are performed. A new measurement of the rate of gluon splitting into b\bar{b} pairs yields g_{b\bar{b}}=0.0031+-0.0007(stat.)+-0.0006(syst.) (Preliminary). We also present a number of new results on jet fragmentation into identified hadrons. The B hadron energy spectrum is measured over the full kinematic range using a new, inclusive technique, allowing stringent tests of predictions for its shape and a precise measurement of <x_B>=0.714+-0.005(stat.)+-0.007(syst.) (Preliminary). A detailed study of correlations in rapidity y between pairs of identified pions, kaons and protons confirms that strangeness and baryon number are conserved locally, and shows local charge conservation between meson-baryon and strange-nonstrange pairs. Flavor-dependent long-range correlations are observed for all combinations of these hadron species, yielding new information on leading particle production. The first study of correlations using rapidities signed such that y>0 corresponds to the quark direction provides additional new insights into fragmentation, including the first direct observation of baryon number ordering along the q\bar{q} axis. | |
| dc.description | 20 pages, 12 figs.; talk given at the QCD99 meeting, Montpellier, France, 7-13 July, 1999; a smaller-print version will appear in the proceedings | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9909049 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9909049 | |
| dc.identifier | Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.86:7-16,2000 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(00)00533-8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207490 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.title | Recent Tests of QCD at SLD | |
| dc.type | text |