A study of the energy evolution of event shape distributions and their means with the DELPHI detector at LEP.

The DELPHI collaboration Abdallah, J. ; Abreu, P. ; Adam, W. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 29 (2003) 285-312, 2003.
Inspire Record 620250 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.13029

Infrared and collinear safe event shape distributions and their mean values are determined in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 45 and 202 GeV. A phenomenological analysis based on power correction models including hadron mass effects for both differential distributions and mean values is presented. Using power corrections, alpha_s is extracted from the mean values and shapes. In an alternative approach, renormalisation group invariance (RGI) is used as an explicit constraint, leading to a consistent description of mean values without the need for sizeable power corrections. The QCD beta-function is precisely measured using this approach. From the DELPHI data on Thrust, including data from low energy experiments, one finds beta_0 = 7.86 +/- 0.32 for the one loop coefficient of the beta-function or, assuming QCD, n_f = 4.75 +/- 0.44 for the number of active flavours. These values agree well with the QCD expectation of beta_0=7.67 and n_f=5. A direct measurement of the full logarithmic energy slope excludes light gluinos with a mass below 5 GeV.

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1-THRUST distribution.

THRUST-MAJOR distribution.

THRUST-MINOR distribution.

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Determination of alpha-s using the next-to-leading log approximation of QCD

The DELPHI collaboration Abreu, P. ; Adam, W. ; Adye, T. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 59 (1993) 21-34, 1993.
Inspire Record 354909 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50115

A new measurement of αs is obtained from the distributions in thrust, heavy jet mass, energy-energy correlation and two recently introduced jet broadening variables following a method proposed by Cata

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Thrust distribution corrected for detector acceptance and initial state photon radiation.

Heavy jet mass (RHO) distribution (THRUST definition) corrected for detect or acceptance and initial state photon radiation.

Heavy jet mass (RHOM) distribution (MASS definition) corrected for detectoracceptance and initial state photon radiation.

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