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Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays.

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Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays. / Schael, S.; Bouhova-Thacker, E. V.; Bowdery, C. K. et al.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 27, No. 1, 03.2003, p. 1-17.

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Schael, S, Bouhova-Thacker, EV, Bowdery, CK, Finch, AJ, Hughes, G, Jones, RWL, Smizanska, M & ALEPH Collaboration, T 2003, 'Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays.', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01114-2

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Schael, S., Bouhova-Thacker, E. V., Bowdery, C. K., Finch, A. J., Hughes, G., Jones, R. W. L., Smizanska, M., & ALEPH Collaboration, T. (2003). Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 27(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01114-2

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Schael S, Bouhova-Thacker EV, Bowdery CK, Finch AJ, Hughes G, Jones RWL et al. Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2003 Mar;27(1):1-17. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s2002-01114-2

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Schael, S. ; Bouhova-Thacker, E. V. ; Bowdery, C. K. et al. / Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2003 ; Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 1-17.

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title = "Measurements of the strong coupling constant and the QCD color factors using four jet observables from hadronic Z decays.",
abstract = "Data from annihilation into hadrons, taken with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, are analyzed. The four-jet rate is studied as a function of the resolution parameter and compared to next-to-leading order calculations combined with resummation of large logarithms. Angular correlations in four-jet events are measured and compared to next-to-leading order QCD predictions. With these observables two different measurements are performed. In a first analysis the strong coupling constant is measured from the four-jet rate yielding . In a second measurement the strong coupling constant and the QCD colour factors are determined simultaneously from a fit to the four-jet rate and the four-jet angular correlations, giving in good agreement with the expectation from QCD.",
author = "S. Schael and Bouhova-Thacker, {E. V.} and Bowdery, {C. K.} and Finch, {A. J.} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger W. L.} and Maria Smizanska and {ALEPH Collaboration}, The",
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AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E. V.

AU - Bowdery, C. K.

AU - Finch, A. J.

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger W. L.

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - ALEPH Collaboration, The

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AB - Data from annihilation into hadrons, taken with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, are analyzed. The four-jet rate is studied as a function of the resolution parameter and compared to next-to-leading order calculations combined with resummation of large logarithms. Angular correlations in four-jet events are measured and compared to next-to-leading order QCD predictions. With these observables two different measurements are performed. In a first analysis the strong coupling constant is measured from the four-jet rate yielding . In a second measurement the strong coupling constant and the QCD colour factors are determined simultaneously from a fit to the four-jet rate and the four-jet angular correlations, giving in good agreement with the expectation from QCD.

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EP - 17

JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

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