Tests of Quantum Chromodynamics and a Direct Measurement of the Strong Coupling Constant $\alpha_S$ at $\sqrt{s}=30$-{GeV}

Barber, D.P. ; Becker, U. ; Benda, H. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 89 (1979) 139-144, 1979.
Inspire Record 143680 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.6483

We report the measurement of the reaction e + + e − → hadronic jets at a center-of-mass energy √ s =30 GeV using the MARK-J detector at PETRA. By measuring the energy and angular distribution of both neutrals and charged particles we were able to isolate unambiguously the three-jet events in a kinematic region where the backgrounds from q q and phase space contributions and other processes are small. Various comparisons of the data with quantum chromodynamics were made. The relative yield of three-jet events and the shape distribution of the events enable us to determine α s = 0.23 ± 0.02 (statistical error) with a systematic error of ± 0.04.

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OBLATENESS AND THRUST DISTRIBUTIONS FOR NARROW AND BROAD JETS AT 30 GEV. THESE DATA ARE SOMEWHAT ANALYSIS AND DETECTOR DEPENDENT.

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Evidence for Planar Events in e+ e- Annihilation at High-Energies

The TASSO collaboration Brandelik, R. ; Braunschweig, W. ; Gather, K. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 86 (1979) 243-249, 1979.
Inspire Record 142123 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27312

Hadron jets produced in e + e − annihilation between 13 GeV and 31.6 GeV in c.m. at PETRA are analyzed. The transverse momentum of the jets is found to increase strongly with c.m. energy. The broadening of the jets is not uniform in azimuthal angle around the quark direction but tends to yield planar events with large and growing transverse momenta in the plane and smaller transverse momenta normal to the plane. The simple q q collinear jet picture is ruled out. The observation of planar events shows that there are three basic particles in the final state. Indeed, several events with three well-separated jets of hadrons are observed at the highest energies. This occurs naturally when the outgoing quark radiates a hard noncollinear gluon, i.e., e + e − → q q g with the quarks and the gluons fragmenting into hadrons with limited transverse momenta.

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NORMALIZED TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION WITH RESPECT TO THE SPHERICITY AXIS AT 13, 17, AND 27.4 TO 31.6 GEV.


Discovery of Three Jet Events and a Test of Quantum Chromodynamics at PETRA Energies

Barber, D.P. ; Becker, U. ; Benda, H. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 43 (1979) 830, 1979.
Inspire Record 142085 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20742

We report the analysis of the spatial energy distribution of data for e+e−→hadrons obtained with the MARK-J detector at PETRA. We define the quantity "oblateness" to describe the flat shape of the energy configuration and the three-jet structure which is unambiguously observed for the first time. Our data can be explained by quantum chromodynamic predictions for the production of quark-antiquark pairs accompanied by hard noncollinear gluons.

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AVERAGE OBLATENESS AS A FUNCTION OF SQRT(S) AND OF THRUST AND OBLATENESS DISTRIBUTION (1/N)*DN/DOBLATENESS AT 17 AND 27.4 TO 31.6 GEV. THESE DATA ARE RATHER DETECTOR DEPENDENT.