Measurement of the strong coupling αS from the three-jet rate in e+e--annihilation using JADE data

J. Schieck*, S. Bethke, S. Kluth, C. Pahl, Z. Trócsány, J. Allison, K. Ambrus, J. Armitage, J. Baines, A. H. Ball, G. Bamford, R. Barlow, W. Bartel, L. Becker, A. Bell, S. Bethke, C. Bowdery, T. Canzler, S. L. Cartwright, J. ChrinD. Clarke, D. Cords, D. C. Darvill, A. Dieckmann, G. Dietrich, P. Dittmann, H. Drumm, I. P. Duerdoth, G. Eckerlin, R. Eichler, E. Elsen, R. Felst, A. Finch, F. Foster, R. G. Glasser, I. Glendinning, M. C. Goddard, T. Greenshaw, J. Hagemann, D. Haidt, J. F. Hassard, R. Hedgecock, J. Heintze, G. Heinzelmann, G. Heinzelmann, K. H. Hellenbrand, M. Helm, R. Heuer, P. Hill, G. Hughes, M. Imori, H. Junge, H. Kado, J. Kanzaki, S. Kawabata, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, B. T. King, C. Kleinwort, G. Knies, T. Kobayashi, S. Komamiya, M. Koshiba, H. Krehbiel, M. Kuhlen, P. Laurikainen, P. Lennert, K. Loebinger, A. A. Macbeth, N. Magnussen, R. Marshall, T. Mashimo, H. Matsumura, H. McCann, K. Meier, R. Meinke, R. P. Middleton, H. E. Mills, M. Minowa, P. G. Murphy, B. Naroska, T. Nozaki, M. Nozaki

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the strong coupling αS using the three-jet rate measured with the Durham algorithm in e+e--annihilation using data of the JADE experiment at centre-of-mass energies between 14 and 44 GeV. Recent theoretical improvements provide predictions of the three-jet rate in e+e--annihilation at next-to-next-to-leading order. In this paper a measurement of the three-jet rate is used to determine the strong coupling αS from a comparison to next-to-next-to-leading order predictions matched with next-to-leading logarithmic approximations and yields a value for the strong coupling [Equation not available: see fulltext.] consistent with the world average.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2332
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume73
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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