Multi-jet event rates in deep inelastic scattering and determination of the strong coupling constant

Authors
Adloff, C Anderson, M Andreev, V Andrieu, B Arkadov, V Arndt, C Ayyaz, I Babaev, A Bahr, J Ban, J Baranov, P Barrelet, E Bartel, W Bassler, U Bate, P Beck, M Beglarian, A Behnke, O Behrend, HJ Beier, C Belousov, A Berger, C Bernardi, G Bertrand-Coremans, G Biddulph, P Bizot, JC Boudry, V Braunschweig, W Brissson, V Brown, DP Bruckner, W Bruel, P Bruncko, D Burgel, J Busser, FW Buniatian, A Burke, S Buschhorn, G Calvet, D Campbell, AJ Carli, T Chabert, E Charlet, M Clarke, D Clerbaux, B Cocks, S Contreras, JG Cormack, C Coughlan, JA Cousinou, MC Cox, BE Cozzika, G Cvach, J Dainton, JB Dau, WD Daum, K David, M Davidsson, M De Roeck, A Droutskoi, A Delcourt, B Diaconu, C Dirkmann, M Dixon, P Dlugosz, W Donovan, KT Dowell, JD Droutskoi, A Ebert, J Eckerlin, G Eckstein, D Efremenko, V Egli, S Eichler, R Eisele, F Eisenhandler, E Enzenberger, M Erdmann, M Fahr, AB Favart, L Fedotov, A Felst, R Feltesse, J Ferencei, J Ferrarotto, F Fleischer, M Flugge, G Fomenko, A Formanek, J Foster, JM Franke, G Gabathuler, E Gabathuler, K Gaede, F Garvey, J Gayler, J Gerhards, R Ghazaryan, S Glazov, A Goerlich, L Gogitidze, N Goldberg, M Gorelov, I Grab, C Grassler, H Greenshaw, T Griffiths, RK Grindhammer, G Hadig, T Haidt, D Hajduk, L Haller, T Hampel, M Haustein, V Haynes, WJ Heinemann, B Heinzelmann, G Henderson, RCW Hengstmann, S Henschel, H Heremans, R Herynek, I Hewitt, K Hiller, KH Hilton, CD Hladky, J Hoffmann, D Holtom, T Horisberger, R Hudgson, VL Hurling, S Ibbotson, M Issever, C Itterbeck, H Jacquet, M Jaffre, M Jansen, DM Jonsson, L Johnson, DP Jung, H Kastli, HK Kander, M Kant, D Kapichine, M Karlsson, M Karschnik, O Katzy, J Kaufmann, O Kausch, M Kenyon, IR Kermiche, S Keuker, C Kiesling, C Klein, M Kleinwort, C Knies, G Kohne, JH Kolanoski, H Kolya, SD Korbel, V Kostka, P Kotelnikov, SK Kramerkamper, T Krasny, MW Krehbiel, H Krucker, D Kruger, K Kupper, A Kuster, H Kuhlen, M Kurca, T Laforge, B Lahmann, R Landon, MPJ Lange, W Langenegger, U Lebedev, A Lehner, F Lemaitre, V Lahmann, R Lindstroem, M List, B Lobo, G Lubimov, V Luke, D Lytkin, L Magnussen, N Mahlke-Kruger, H Malinovski, E Maracek, R Marage, P Marks, J Marshall, R Martin, G Martyn, HU Martyniak, J Maxfield, SJ McMahon, SJ McMahon, TR Mehta, A Meier, K Merkel, P Metlica, F Meyer, A Meyer, A Meyer, H Meyer, J Meyer, PO Mikocki, S Milstead, D Moeck, J Mohr, R Mohrdieck, S Moreau, F Morris, JV Mroczko, E Muller, D Muller, K Murin, P Nagovizin, V Naroska, B Naumann, T Negri, I Newman, PR Nguyen, HK Nicholls, TC Niebergall, F Niebuhr, C Niedzballa, C Niggli, H Nikitin, D Nix, O Nowak, G Nunnemann, T Oberlack, H Olsson, JE Ozerov, D Palmen, P Panassik, V Pascaud, C Passaggio, S Patel, GD Pawletta, H Perez, E Phillips, JP Pieuchot, A Pitzl, D Poschl, R Pope, G Povh, B Rabbertz, K Rauschenberger, J Reimer, P Reisert, B Rick, H Riess, S Rizvi, E Robmann, P Rossen, R Rosenbauer, K Rostovtsev, A Rouse, F Royon, C Rusakov, S Rybicki, K Sankey, DPC Schacht, P Scheins, J Schleif, S Schleif, S Schleper, P Schmidt, D Schmidt, D Schoeffel, L Schroder, V Schultz-Coulon, HC Schwab, B Sefkow, F Semenov, A Shekelyan, V Sheviakov, I Shtarkov, LN Siegmon, G Sirois, Y Sloan, T Smirnov, P Smith, M Solochenko, V Soloviev, Y Spaskov, V Specka, A Spiekermann, J Spitzer, H Squinabol, F Steffen, P Steinberg, R Steinhart, J Stella, B Stellberger, A Stiewe, J Straumann, U Struczinski, W Sutton, JP Swart, M Tapprogge, S Tasevsky, M Tchernyshov, V Tchetchelnitski, S Theissen, J Thompson, G Thompson, PD Tobien, N Todenhagen, R Truol, P Tsipolitis, G Turnau, J Tzamariudaki, E Udluft, S Usik, A Valkar, S Valkarova, A Vallee, C Van Esch, P Van Haecke, A Van Mechelen, P Vazdik, Y Villet, G Wacker, K Wallny, R Walter, T Waugh, B Weber, G Weber, M Wegener, D Wegner, A Wengler, T Wittmann, E Wobisch, M Wollatz, H Wunsch, E Zacek, J Zalesak, J Zhang, Z Zhokin, A Zini, P Zomer, F Zsembery, J ZurNedden, M
Citation
C. Adloff et al., Multi-jet event rates in deep inelastic scattering and determination of the strong coupling constant, EUR PHY J C, 6(4), 1999, pp. 575-585
Citations number
44
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
ISSN journal
1434-6044 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
575 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6044(199901)6:4<575:MERIDI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Jet event rates in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA are investigated ap plying the modified JADE jet algorithm. The data are corrected for detector and hadronization effects and then compared with perturbative QCD predicti ons using next-to-leading order calculations. The strong coupling constant alpha(s)(M-Z(2)) is determined evaluating the jet event rates. Values of al pha(2)(Q(2)) are extracted in four different bins of the negative squared m omentum transfer Q(2) in the range from 40 GeV2 to 4000 GeV2 A combined fit of the renormalization group equation to these several alpha(s)(Q(2)) valu es results in alpha(s)(M-Z(2)) = 0.117 +/- 0.003 (stat) +/- (0.009)(0.013) (sys) + 0.006 (jet algorithm).