Measurement of the total cross section for e+ e- --> hadrons at s**(1/2) = 10.52-GeV.

The CLEO collaboration Ammar, R. ; Baringer, Philip S. ; Bean, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 57 (1998) 1350-1358, 1998.
Inspire Record 445351 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.47132

Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have made a measurement of R=sigma(e+e- ->hadrons)/sigma(e+e- ->mu+mu-) =3.56+/-0.01+/-0.07 at ECM=10.52 GeV. This implies a value for the strong coupling constant of alpha_s(10.52 GeV)=0.20+/-0.01+/-0.06, or alpha_s(M_Z)=0.13+/-0.005+/-0.03.

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Corrected for background and radiactive effects.

Value of ALPHAS, the strong coupling constant, from the measurement of R. CT,= ALPHAS also given evolved to the Z0 mass.


Measurement of the direct photon spectrum in Upsilon(1S) decays.

The CLEO collaboration Nemati, B. ; Richichi, S.J. ; Ross, W.R. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 55 (1997) 5273-5281, 1997.
Inspire Record 425927 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.52340

Using data taken with the CLEO II detector at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, we have determined the ratio of branching fractions: $R_{\gamma} \equiv \Gamma(\Upsilon(1S) \rightarrow \gamma gg)/\Gamma(\Upsilon(1S) \rightarrow ggg) = (2.75 \pm 0.04(stat.) \pm 0.15(syst.))%$. From this ratio, we have determined the QCD scale parameter $\Lambda_{\overline{MS}}$ (defined in the modified minimal subtraction scheme) to be $\Lambda_{\overline{MS}}= 233 \pm 11 \pm 59$ MeV, from which we determine a value for the strong coupling constant $\alpha_{s}(M_{\Upsilon(1S)}) = 0.163 \pm 0.002 \pm 0.014$, or $\alpha_{s}(M_{Z}) = 0.110 \pm 0.001 \pm 0.007$.

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The ALPHAS at MZ is extrapolation from M(UPSI).