The strong coupling constant is determined from the leptonic branching ratios, the lifetime, and the invariant mass distribution of the hadronic final state of the τ lepton, using data accumulated at LEP with the ALEPH detector. The strong coupling constant measurement, αs(mτ2) = 0.330±0.046, evolved to the Z mass yields αs(MZ2) = 0.188±0.005. The error includes experimental and theoretical uncertainties, the latter evaluated in the framework of the Shifman, Vainshtein and Zakharov (SVZ) approach. The method allows the non-perturbative contribution to the hadronic decay rate to be determined to be 0.3±0.5%.

Measurement of the strong coupling constant using τ decays / D. Buskulic, D. Decamp, C. Goy, J.-P. Lees, M.-N. Minard, B. Mours, B. Pietrzyk, R. Alemany, F. Ariztizabal, P. Comas, J.M. Crespo, M. Delfino, E. Fernandez, M. Fernandez-Bosman, V. Gaitan, Ll. Garrido, T. Mattison, A. Pacheco, C. Padilla, A. Pascual, et al.. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - ELETTRONICO. - 307:(1993), pp. 209-220. [10.1016/0370-2693(93)90212-Z]

Measurement of the strong coupling constant using τ decays

FOCARDI, ETTORE;
1993

Abstract

The strong coupling constant is determined from the leptonic branching ratios, the lifetime, and the invariant mass distribution of the hadronic final state of the τ lepton, using data accumulated at LEP with the ALEPH detector. The strong coupling constant measurement, αs(mτ2) = 0.330±0.046, evolved to the Z mass yields αs(MZ2) = 0.188±0.005. The error includes experimental and theoretical uncertainties, the latter evaluated in the framework of the Shifman, Vainshtein and Zakharov (SVZ) approach. The method allows the non-perturbative contribution to the hadronic decay rate to be determined to be 0.3±0.5%.
1993
307
209
220
D. Buskulic;D. Decamp;C. Goy;J.-P. Lees;M.-N. Minard;B. Mours;B. Pietrzyk;R. Alemany;F. Ariztizabal;P. Comas;J.M. Crespo;M. Delfino;E. Fe...espandi
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