Measurement of αS from τ decays

T. Coan; J. Dominick; V. Fadeyev; I. Korolkov; M. Lambrecht; S. Sanghera; V. Shelkov; T. Skwarnicki; R. Stroynowski; I. Volobouev; G. Wei; M. Artuso; M. Gao; M. Goldberg; D. He; N. Horwitz; G. C. Moneti; R. Mountain; F. Muheim; Y. Mukhin; S. Playfer; Y. Rozen; Sheldon Stone; X. Xing; G. Zhu; J. Bartelt; S. E. Csorna; Z. Egyed; V. Jain; D. Gibaut; K. Kinoshita; P. Pomianowski; B. Barish; M. Chadha; S. Chan; D. F. Cowen; G. Eigen; J. S. Miller; C. O'Grady; J. Urheim; A. J. Weinstein; F. Würthwein; D. M. Asner; M. Athanas; D. W. Bliss; W. S. Brower; G. Masek; H. P. Paar; M. Sivertz; J. Gronberg; C. M. Korte; R. Kutschke; S. Menary; R. J. Morrison; S. Nakanishi; H. N. Nelson; T. K. Nelson; C. Qiao; J. D. Richman; D. Roberts; A. Ryd; H. Tajima; M. S. Witherell; R. Balest; K. Cho; W. T. Ford; M. Lohner; H. Park; P. Rankin; J. G. Smith; J. P. Alexander; C. Bebek; B. E. Berger; K. Berkelman; K. Bloom; T. E. Browder; D. G. Cassel; H. A. Cho; D. M. Coffman; D. S. Crowcroft; M. Dickson; P. S. Drell; D. J. Dumas; R. Ehrlich; R. Elia; P. Gaidarev; R. S. Galik; M. Garcia-Sciveres; B. Gittelman; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; S. Henderson; C. D. Jones; S. L. Jones; J. Kandaswamy; N. Katayama; P. C. Kim; D. L. Kreinick; Y. Liu; G. S. Ludwig; J. Masui; J. Mevissen; N. B. Mistry; C. R. Ng; E. Nordberg; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; D. Riley; A. Soffer; P. Avery; A. Freyberger; K. Lingel; J. Rodriguez; S. Yang; J. Yelton; G. Brandenburg; D. Cinabro; T. Liu; M. Saulnier; R. Wilson; H. Yamamoto; T. Bergfeld; B. I. Eisenstein; J. Ernst; G. E. Gladding; G. D. Gollin; M. Palmer; M. Selen; J. J. Thaler; K. W. Edwards; K. W. McLean; M. Ogg; A. Bellerive; D. I. Britton; E. R.F. Hyatt; R. Janicek; D. B. MacFarlane; P. M. Patel; B. Spaan; A. J. Sadoff; R. Ammar; P. Baringer; A. Bean; D. Besson; D. Coppage; N. Copty; R. Davis; N. Hancock; M. Kelly; S. Kotov; I. Kravchenko; N. Kwak; H. Lam; Y. Kubota; M. Lattery; M. Momayezi; J. K. Nelson; S. Patton; R. Poling; V. Savinov; S. Schrenk; R. Wang; M. S. Alam; I. J. Kim; Z. Ling; A. H. Mahmood; J. J. O'Neill; H. Severini; C. R. Sun; F. Wappler; G. Crawford; R. Fulton; D. Fujino; K. K. Gan; K. Honscheid; H. Kagan; R. Kass; J. Lee; M. Sung; C. White; A. Wolf; M. M. Zoeller; X. Fu; B. Nemati; W. R. Ross; P. Skubic; M. Wood; M. Bishai; J. Fast; E. Gerndt; J. W. Hinson; R. L. McIlwain; T. Miao; D. H. Miller; M. Modesitt; D. Payne; E. I. Shibata; I. P.J. Shipsey; P. N. Wang; L. Gibbons; Y. Kwon; S. Roberts; E. H. Thorndike

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5

Measurement of α_S from τ decays

T. Coan, J. Dominick, V. Fadeyev, I. Korolkov, M. Lambrecht, S. Sanghera, V. Shelkov, T. Skwarnicki, R. Stroynowski, I. Volobouev, G. Wei, M. Artuso, M. Gao, M. Goldberg, D. He, N. Horwitz, G. C. Moneti, R. Mountain, F. Muheim, Y. MukhinS. Playfer, Y. Rozen, Sheldon Stone, X. Xing, G. Zhu, J. Bartelt, S. E. Csorna, Z. Egyed, V. Jain, D. Gibaut, K. Kinoshita, P. Pomianowski, B. Barish, M. Chadha, S. Chan, D. F. Cowen, G. Eigen, J. S. Miller, C. O'Grady, J. Urheim, A. J. Weinstein, F. Würthwein, D. M. Asner, M. Athanas, D. W. Bliss, W. S. Brower, G. Masek, H. P. Paar, M. Sivertz, J. Gronberg, C. M. Korte, R. Kutschke, S. Menary, R. J. Morrison, S. Nakanishi, H. N. Nelson, T. K. Nelson, C. Qiao, J. D. Richman, D. Roberts, A. Ryd, H. Tajima, M. S. Witherell, R. Balest, K. Cho, W. T. Ford, M. Lohner, H. Park, P. Rankin, J. G. Smith, J. P. Alexander, C. Bebek, B. E. Berger, K. Berkelman, K. Bloom, T. E. Browder, D. G. Cassel, H. A. Cho, D. M. Coffman, D. S. Crowcroft, M. Dickson, P. S. Drell, D. J. Dumas, R. Ehrlich, R. Elia, P. Gaidarev, R. S. Galik, M. Garcia-Sciveres, B. Gittelman, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, S. Henderson, C. D. Jones, S. L. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, N. Katayama, P. C. Kim, D. L. Kreinick, Y. Liu, G. S. Ludwig, J. Masui, J. Mevissen, N. B. Mistry, C. R. Ng, E. Nordberg, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, D. Riley, A. Soffer, P. Avery, A. Freyberger, K. Lingel, J. Rodriguez, S. Yang, J. Yelton, G. Brandenburg, D. Cinabro, T. Liu, M. Saulnier, R. Wilson, H. Yamamoto, T. Bergfeld, B. I. Eisenstein, J. Ernst, G. E. Gladding, G. D. Gollin, M. Palmer, M. Selen, J. J. Thaler, K. W. Edwards, K. W. McLean, M. Ogg, A. Bellerive, D. I. Britton, E. R.F. Hyatt, R. Janicek, D. B. MacFarlane, P. M. Patel, B. Spaan, A. J. Sadoff, R. Ammar, P. Baringer, A. Bean, D. Besson, D. Coppage, N. Copty, R. Davis, N. Hancock, M. Kelly, S. Kotov, I. Kravchenko, N. Kwak, H. Lam, Y. Kubota, M. Lattery, M. Momayezi, J. K. Nelson, S. Patton, R. Poling, V. Savinov, S. Schrenk, R. Wang, M. S. Alam, I. J. Kim, Z. Ling, A. H. Mahmood, J. J. O'Neill, H. Severini, C. R. Sun, F. Wappler, G. Crawford, R. Fulton, D. Fujino, K. K. Gan, K. Honscheid, H. Kagan, R. Kass, J. Lee, M. Sung, C. White, A. Wolf, M. M. Zoeller, X. Fu, B. Nemati, W. R. Ross, P. Skubic, M. Wood, M. Bishai, J. Fast, E. Gerndt, J. W. Hinson, R. L. McIlwain, T. Miao, D. H. Miller, M. Modesitt, D. Payne, E. I. Shibata, I. P.J. Shipsey, P. N. Wang, L. Gibbons, Y. Kwon, S. Roberts, E. H. Thorndike

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Abstract

We present measurements of spectral moments extracted from the invariant mass distributions of the final states of hadronic τ decay products recorded in the CLEO detector. From a fit of theoretical predictions to the measurements of spectral moments and the total hadronic decay width of the τ, we determine the strong coupling constant and a set of non-perturbative QCD parameters. The strong coupling constant is measured to be α_s(m_τ) = 0.306 ± 0.024, which when extrapolated to the Z mass, yields α_s(M_z) = 0.114 ± 0.003.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	580-588
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	356
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5
State	Published - Aug 24 1995

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Coan, T., Dominick, J., Fadeyev, V., Korolkov, I., Lambrecht, M., Sanghera, S., Shelkov, V., Skwarnicki, T., Stroynowski, R., Volobouev, I., Wei, G., Artuso, M., Gao, M., Goldberg, M., He, D., Horwitz, N., Moneti, G. C., Mountain, R., Muheim, F., ... Thorndike, E. H. (1995). Measurement of α_S from τ decays. Physics Letters B, 356(4), 580-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5

Coan, T, Dominick, J, Fadeyev, V, Korolkov, I, Lambrecht, M, Sanghera, S, Shelkov, V, Skwarnicki, T, Stroynowski, R, Volobouev, I, Wei, G, Artuso, M, Gao, M, Goldberg, M, He, D, Horwitz, N, Moneti, GC, Mountain, R, Muheim, F, Mukhin, Y, Playfer, S, Rozen, Y, Stone, S, Xing, X, Zhu, G, Bartelt, J, Csorna, SE, Egyed, Z, Jain, V, Gibaut, D, Kinoshita, K, Pomianowski, P, Barish, B, Chadha, M, Chan, S, Cowen, DF, Eigen, G, Miller, JS, O'Grady, C, Urheim, J, Weinstein, AJ, Würthwein, F, Asner, DM, Athanas, M, Bliss, DW, Brower, WS, Masek, G, Paar, HP, Sivertz, M, Gronberg, J, Korte, CM, Kutschke, R, Menary, S, Morrison, RJ, Nakanishi, S, Nelson, HN, Nelson, TK, Qiao, C, Richman, JD, Roberts, D, Ryd, A, Tajima, H, Witherell, MS, Balest, R, Cho, K, Ford, WT, Lohner, M, Park, H, Rankin, P, Smith, JG, Alexander, JP, Bebek, C, Berger, BE, Berkelman, K, Bloom, K, Browder, TE, Cassel, DG, Cho, HA, Coffman, DM, Crowcroft, DS, Dickson, M, Drell, PS, Dumas, DJ, Ehrlich, R, Elia, R, Gaidarev, P, Galik, RS, Garcia-Sciveres, M, Gittelman, B, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Henderson, S, Jones, CD, Jones, SL, Kandaswamy, J, Katayama, N, Kim, PC, Kreinick, DL, Liu, Y, Ludwig, GS, Masui, J, Mevissen, J, Mistry, NB, Ng, CR, Nordberg, E, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Riley, D, Soffer, A, Avery, P, Freyberger, A, Lingel, K, Rodriguez, J, Yang, S, Yelton, J, Brandenburg, G, Cinabro, D, Liu, T, Saulnier, M, Wilson, R, Yamamoto, H, Bergfeld, T, Eisenstein, BI, Ernst, J, Gladding, GE, Gollin, GD, Palmer, M, Selen, M, Thaler, JJ, Edwards, KW, McLean, KW, Ogg, M, Bellerive, A, Britton, DI, Hyatt, ERF, Janicek, R, MacFarlane, DB, Patel, PM, Spaan, B, Sadoff, AJ, Ammar, R, Baringer, P, Bean, A, Besson, D, Coppage, D, Copty, N, Davis, R, Hancock, N, Kelly, M, Kotov, S, Kravchenko, I, Kwak, N, Lam, H, Kubota, Y, Lattery, M, Momayezi, M, Nelson, JK, Patton, S, Poling, R, Savinov, V, Schrenk, S, Wang, R, Alam, MS, Kim, IJ, Ling, Z, Mahmood, AH, O'Neill, JJ, Severini, H, Sun, CR, Wappler, F, Crawford, G, Fulton, R, Fujino, D, Gan, KK, Honscheid, K, Kagan, H, Kass, R, Lee, J, Sung, M, White, C, Wolf, A, Zoeller, MM, Fu, X, Nemati, B, Ross, WR, Skubic, P, Wood, M, Bishai, M, Fast, J, Gerndt, E, Hinson, JW, McIlwain, RL, Miao, T, Miller, DH, Modesitt, M, Payne, D, Shibata, EI, Shipsey, IPJ, Wang, PN, Gibbons, L, Kwon, Y, Roberts, S & Thorndike, EH 1995, 'Measurement of α_S from τ decays', Physics Letters B, vol. 356, no. 4, pp. 580-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of αS from τ decays

AU - Coan, T.

AU - Dominick, J.

AU - Fadeyev, V.

AU - Korolkov, I.

AU - Lambrecht, M.

AU - Sanghera, S.

AU - Shelkov, V.

AU - Skwarnicki, T.

AU - Stroynowski, R.

AU - Volobouev, I.

AU - Wei, G.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Gao, M.

AU - Goldberg, M.

AU - He, D.

AU - Horwitz, N.

AU - Moneti, G. C.

AU - Mountain, R.

AU - Muheim, F.

AU - Mukhin, Y.

AU - Playfer, S.

AU - Rozen, Y.

AU - Stone, Sheldon

AU - Xing, X.

AU - Zhu, G.

AU - Bartelt, J.

AU - Csorna, S. E.

AU - Egyed, Z.

AU - Jain, V.

AU - Gibaut, D.

AU - Kinoshita, K.

AU - Pomianowski, P.

AU - Barish, B.

AU - Chadha, M.

AU - Chan, S.

AU - Cowen, D. F.

AU - Eigen, G.

AU - Miller, J. S.

AU - O'Grady, C.

AU - Urheim, J.

AU - Weinstein, A. J.

AU - Würthwein, F.

AU - Asner, D. M.

AU - Athanas, M.

AU - Bliss, D. W.

AU - Brower, W. S.

AU - Masek, G.

AU - Paar, H. P.

AU - Sivertz, M.

AU - Gronberg, J.

AU - Korte, C. M.

AU - Kutschke, R.

AU - Menary, S.

AU - Morrison, R. J.

AU - Nakanishi, S.

AU - Nelson, H. N.

AU - Nelson, T. K.

AU - Qiao, C.

AU - Richman, J. D.

AU - Roberts, D.

AU - Ryd, A.

AU - Tajima, H.

AU - Witherell, M. S.

AU - Balest, R.

AU - Cho, K.

AU - Ford, W. T.

AU - Lohner, M.

AU - Park, H.

AU - Rankin, P.

AU - Smith, J. G.

AU - Alexander, J. P.

AU - Bebek, C.

AU - Berger, B. E.

AU - Berkelman, K.

AU - Bloom, K.

AU - Browder, T. E.

AU - Cassel, D. G.

AU - Cho, H. A.

AU - Coffman, D. M.

AU - Crowcroft, D. S.

AU - Dickson, M.

AU - Drell, P. S.

AU - Dumas, D. J.

AU - Ehrlich, R.

AU - Elia, R.

AU - Gaidarev, P.

AU - Galik, R. S.

AU - Garcia-Sciveres, M.

AU - Gittelman, B.

AU - Gray, S. W.

AU - Hartill, D. L.

AU - Heltsley, B. K.

AU - Henderson, S.

AU - Jones, C. D.

AU - Jones, S. L.

AU - Kandaswamy, J.

AU - Katayama, N.

AU - Kim, P. C.

AU - Kreinick, D. L.

AU - Liu, Y.

AU - Ludwig, G. S.

AU - Masui, J.

AU - Mevissen, J.

AU - Mistry, N. B.

AU - Ng, C. R.

AU - Nordberg, E.

AU - Patterson, J. R.

AU - Peterson, D.

AU - Riley, D.

AU - Soffer, A.

AU - Avery, P.

AU - Freyberger, A.

AU - Lingel, K.

AU - Rodriguez, J.

AU - Yang, S.

AU - Yelton, J.

AU - Brandenburg, G.

AU - Cinabro, D.

AU - Liu, T.

AU - Saulnier, M.

AU - Wilson, R.

AU - Yamamoto, H.

AU - Bergfeld, T.

AU - Eisenstein, B. I.

AU - Ernst, J.

AU - Gladding, G. E.

AU - Gollin, G. D.

AU - Palmer, M.

AU - Selen, M.

AU - Thaler, J. J.

AU - Edwards, K. W.

AU - McLean, K. W.

AU - Ogg, M.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Britton, D. I.

AU - Hyatt, E. R.F.

AU - Janicek, R.

AU - MacFarlane, D. B.

AU - Patel, P. M.

AU - Spaan, B.

AU - Sadoff, A. J.

AU - Ammar, R.

AU - Baringer, P.

AU - Bean, A.

AU - Besson, D.

AU - Coppage, D.

AU - Copty, N.

AU - Davis, R.

AU - Hancock, N.

AU - Kelly, M.

AU - Kotov, S.

AU - Kravchenko, I.

AU - Kwak, N.

AU - Lam, H.

AU - Kubota, Y.

AU - Lattery, M.

AU - Momayezi, M.

AU - Nelson, J. K.

AU - Patton, S.

AU - Poling, R.

AU - Savinov, V.

AU - Schrenk, S.

AU - Wang, R.

AU - Alam, M. S.

AU - Kim, I. J.

AU - Ling, Z.

AU - Mahmood, A. H.

AU - O'Neill, J. J.

AU - Severini, H.

AU - Sun, C. R.

AU - Wappler, F.

AU - Crawford, G.

AU - Fulton, R.

AU - Fujino, D.

AU - Gan, K. K.

AU - Honscheid, K.

AU - Kagan, H.

AU - Kass, R.

AU - Lee, J.

AU - Sung, M.

AU - White, C.

AU - Wolf, A.

AU - Zoeller, M. M.

AU - Fu, X.

AU - Nemati, B.

AU - Ross, W. R.

AU - Skubic, P.

AU - Wood, M.

AU - Bishai, M.

AU - Fast, J.

AU - Gerndt, E.

AU - Hinson, J. W.

AU - McIlwain, R. L.

AU - Miao, T.

AU - Miller, D. H.

AU - Modesitt, M.

AU - Payne, D.

AU - Shibata, E. I.

AU - Shipsey, I. P.J.

AU - Wang, P. N.

AU - Gibbons, L.

AU - Kwon, Y.

AU - Roberts, S.

AU - Thorndike, E. H.

N1 - Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledget he effort of the CESR staff in providing us with excellent luminosity and running conditions. JPA., J.R.P., and 1.PJ.S. thank the NY1 program of the NSF, G.E. thanks the Heisenberg Foundation, I.P.J.S. and T.S. thank the TNRLC, K.K.G., M.S., H.N.N., T.S., and H.Y. thank the OJI program of DOE, J.R.P thanks the A.P. Sloan Foundation, and A.W. thanks the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for support. This work was supportedb y the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Departmento f Energy and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Re-searchC ouncil of Canada. We especially thank F. Le Diberder of Orsay for very helpful communications and for providing the computerp rogram used to compute the theoreticalp redictions.

PY - 1995/8/24

Y1 - 1995/8/24

N2 - We present measurements of spectral moments extracted from the invariant mass distributions of the final states of hadronic τ decay products recorded in the CLEO detector. From a fit of theoretical predictions to the measurements of spectral moments and the total hadronic decay width of the τ, we determine the strong coupling constant and a set of non-perturbative QCD parameters. The strong coupling constant is measured to be αs(mτ) = 0.306 ± 0.024, which when extrapolated to the Z mass, yields αs(Mz) = 0.114 ± 0.003.

AB - We present measurements of spectral moments extracted from the invariant mass distributions of the final states of hadronic τ decay products recorded in the CLEO detector. From a fit of theoretical predictions to the measurements of spectral moments and the total hadronic decay width of the τ, we determine the strong coupling constant and a set of non-perturbative QCD parameters. The strong coupling constant is measured to be αs(mτ) = 0.306 ± 0.024, which when extrapolated to the Z mass, yields αs(Mz) = 0.114 ± 0.003.

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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5

DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(95)00824-5

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:4244100798

SN - 0370-2693

VL - 356

SP - 580

EP - 588

JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

IS - 4

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Measurement of α_S from τ decays

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