Topology of Hadronic $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation Events at 22-{GeV} and 34-{GeV} Center-of-mass Energy

The CELLO collaboration Behrend, H.J. ; Chen, C. ; Field, J.H. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 110 (1982) 329-334, 1982.
Inspire Record 169195 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.30996

The topology of hadronic e + e − annihilation events has been analysed using the sphericity tensor and a cluster method. Comparison with quark models including gluon bremsstrahlung yields good agreement with the data. The strong-coupling constant is determined in 1st order QCD to be α S =0.19±0.04 (stat) ± 0.04 (syst.) at 22 GeV and α S =0.16 ±0.02± 0.03 at 34 GeV. The differential cross section with respect to the energy fraction carried by the most energetic parton agrees with the prediction of QCD, but cannot be reproduced by a scalar gluon model. These results are stable against variations of the transverse momentum distribution of the fragmentation function within the quoted errors.

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The Influence of Fragmentation Models on the Determination of the Strong Coupling Constant in $e^+ e^-$ Annihilation Into Hadrons

The CELLO collaboration Behrend, H.J. ; Chen, C. ; Fenner, H. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 218 (1983) 269-288, 1983.
Inspire Record 179447 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.8172

Hadronic events obtained with the CELLO detector at PETRA were compared with first-order QCD predictions using two different models for the fragmentation of quarks and gluons, the Hoyer model and the Lund model. Both models are in reasonable agreement with the data, although they do not completely reproduce the details of many distributions. Several methods have been applied to determine the strong coupling constant α S . Although within one model the value of α S varies by 20% among the different methods, the values determined using the Lund model are 30% or more larger (depending on the method used) than the values determined with the Hoyer model. Our results using the Hoyer model are in agreement with previous results based on this approach.

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DATA CORRECTED WITH HOYER MODEL (ALPHA-S=0.15).

DATA CORRECTED WITH LUND MODEL (ALPHA-S=0.25).

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