Ford, William T.
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Precision Measurement of the Total Cross-section for $e^+ e^- \to$ Hadrons at a Center-of-mass Energy of 29-{GeV}

Fernandez, E. ; Ford, William T. ; Qi, N. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 31 (1985) 1537, 1985.
Inspire Record 206052 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.4048

We report a high-precision measurement of the ratio R of the total cross section for e+e−→hadrons to that for e+e−→μ+μ−, at a center-of-mass energy of 29.0 GeV using the MAC detector. The result is R=3.96±0.09. This value of R is used to determine a value of the strong coupling constant αs of 0.23±0.06, nearly independent of fragmentation models. Two different analysis methods having quite different event-selection criteria have been used and the results are in agreement. Particular attention has been given to the study of systematic errors. New higher-order QED calculations are used for the luminosity determination and the acceptance for hadrons.

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A Summary of Recent Experimental Results From Mark-$J$: High-energy $e^+ e^-$ Collisions at {PETRA}

The Mark-J collaboration Adeva, B. ; Barber, D.P. ; Becker, U. ; et al.
Phys.Rept. 109 (1984) 131, 1984.
Inspire Record 196567 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30997

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DATA ARE CORRECTED FOR TWO-PHOTON AND TAU PRODUCTION EFFECTS, ACCEPTANCE AND QED RADIATIVE EFFECTS UP TO ORDER ALPHA**3. THERE IS ALSO A 6 PCT NORMALISATION ERROR NOT INCLUDED. THE OVERALL AVERAGE VALUE OF R FROM THIS DATA IS 3.88 +- 0.04 +- 0.22.

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SEE PRL 55, 665 FOR MOST RECENT VALUES OF THE MU+ MU- CROSS SECTIONS.

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