Measurement of event shape distributions and moments in e⁺e⁻ → hadrons at 91-209 GeV and a determination of alpha s

G Abbiendi; Georgios Anagnostou; Paul Bell; David Charlton; Christopher Hawkes; Predrag Jovanovic; Stephen O'Neale; Miriam Watson; Peter Watkins; Alan Watson; Nigel Watson; John Wilson

doi:10.1140/epjc/s2005-02120-6

Measurement of event shape distributions and moments in e⁺e⁻ → hadrons at 91-209 GeV and a determination of alpha s

G Abbiendi, Georgios Anagnostou, Paul Bell, David Charlton, Christopher Hawkes, Predrag Jovanovic, Stephen O'Neale, Miriam Watson, Peter Watkins, Alan Watson, Nigel Watson, John Wilson

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We have studied hadronic events from e(+)e(-) annihilation data at centre-of-mass energies from 91 to 209 GeV. We present distributions of event shape observables and their moments at each energy and compare with QCD Monte Carlo models. From the event shape distributions we extract the strong coupling alpha(s) and test its evolution with energy scale. The results are consistent with the running of alpha(s) expected from QCD. Combining all data, the value of alpha(s)(M-Z) is determined to be alpha(s)(M-Z) = 0.1191 +/- 0.0005 (stat.) +/- 0.0010 (expt.) +/- 0.0011 (hadr.) +/- 0.0044 (theo.). The energy evolution of the moments is also used to determine a value of alpha(s) with slightly larger errors: alpha(s)(M-Z) = 0.1223 +/- 0.0005 (stat.) +/- 0.0014 (expt.) +/- 0.0016 (hadr.)(-0.0036)(+0.0054) (theo.).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-316
Number of pages	30
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02120-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2005

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Abbiendi, G., Anagnostou, G., Bell, P., Charlton, D., Hawkes, C., Jovanovic, P., O'Neale, S., Watson, M., Watkins, P., Watson, A., Watson, N., & Wilson, J. (2005). Measurement of event shape distributions and moments in e⁺e⁻ → hadrons at 91-209 GeV and a determination of alpha s. European Physical Journal C, 40, 287-316. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02120-6

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